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titles     on off  images   on off  sort by   title date  results per page         10  25  50  75  100    Happy Birthday October 1946 Helen Hayes stars in this Anita Loos play with music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II about a woman determined to get her man. 1 images » A Flag Is Born circa 1946 Paul Muni, Celia Adler, and relative unknown Marlon Brando appear in this play about building a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Brando plays David, a concentration camp survivor. The play had a significant impact on American opinion of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. 9 images » Another Part Of The Forest circa 1946 Starring Patricia Neal in her Tony award winning role (the 1st Tony Award for Supporting or Featured Actress in a play). She later went on to win an Academy Award in 1963 for her role in the movie "Hud" with Paul Newman. images available upon request Born Yesterday circa 1946 Images from the production of director and playwright Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday at the Lyceum Theatre, starring Judy Holliday, Gary Merrill, and Paul Douglas. 26 images » Jeb circa 1946 Although the play was a flop at only 9 performances, this 1946 play was where Ruby Dee met Ossie Davis and went on to have a long life and notable career together. Set design by Jo Mielziner and produced and directed by Herman Shumlin. 20 images » Show Boat circa 1946 32 images » Street Scene circa 1946 Images from the Philadelphia rehearsal for the operatic version of the play based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Elmer Rice. Music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by the well known Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, with Weill winning the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Set design by Jo Mielziner. The story takes place on a New York sidewalk and street and follows several low to middle class characters through various urban struggles, resulting in epic tragedy. 18 images » Summer Theatre 1946 circa 1946 Includes James Barrie's "Alice Sit By The Fire" starring Helen Hayes and her daughter Mary McArthur. Also includes "Springtime for Henry" starring Edward Everett Horton at the Ivoryton Playhouse, Connecticut. images available upon request Finian's Rainbow January 10, 1947 images available upon request Tin Top Valley March 3, 1947 Produced by the American Negro Theatre, written by Walter Carroll, and staged by Abram Hill. The show opened at the A.N.T Playhouse in Harlem, February 27, 1947. The 3 act drama featured Charles Nolte, who later appeared in Billy Budd, and Frederick O'Neal, who became the first president of Actor's Equity. images available upon request The Whole World Over March 14, 1947 Joseph Buloff and Uta Hagen star as father and daughter in this amiable boy-meets-girl comedy, all crammed into a Moscow apartment during the Russian housing shortage. Directed by Harold Clurman. The show also featured Sanford Meisner, who later went on to found the well-known Meisner Technique of acting. images available upon request Allegro August 22, 1947 Images from the rehearsal for the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical Allegro. Agnes de Mille is shown directing and choreographing the dancers, and several excellent close-ups of Rodgers and Hammerstein are featured. 30 images » Allegro September 1947 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical directed and choreographed by Agnes de Mille. An abstract concept, the musical portrayed the first 35 years of a man's life beginning with birth. The play was not considered a success at 315 performances, and has never seen a revival despite containing several well-regarded songs. 20 images » Allegro October 10, 1947 Images from the opening night of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical "Allegro", at the Majestic Theatre, New York. 4 images » A Streetcar Named Desire circa 1947 Original Broadway production written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter. Scenery and Lightning by Jo Mielziner. Wilbur Theatre, Boston, November 1947. 17 images » All My Sons circa 1947 Written by Arthur Miller, Directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Karl Malden. 14 images » High Button Shoes circa 1947 Phil Silvers stars in this comedy as Harrison Floy, a snake-oil con man fleeing to Atlantic City with profits extorted from the willing and foolish family Longstreet, eventually losing it all betting on the wrong college football team. Jerome Robbins choreographs and George Abbott directs. 23 images » Inside U.S.A Rehearsal January 28, 1948 images available upon request Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! February 2, 1948 Starring Nancy Walker and Harold Lang. Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. 24 images » Sundown Beach July 8, 1948 Rehearsal, staged by Elia Kazan. 2 images » A Streetcar Named Desire August 24, 1948 Anthony Quinn and Uta Hagen star in the Road Company version of this show. Tennessee Williams and Irene Selznick producers. Fantastic candids of everyone, as well as shots of the original one sheet and marquee on the Barrymore Theater. 14 images » Summer And Smoke September 10, 1948 The Tennessee Williams' play at the Dipson's Erlanger Theatre in Buffalo, New York. Scenery and Lighting by Jo Mielziner and Directed by Margo Jones. 25 images » Finian's Rainbow September 30, 1948 images available upon request Where's Charley? September 1948 Starring Ray Bolger, lyrics by Frank Loesser, adapted from "Charley's Aunt". 1 images » Kiss Me, Kate November 3, 1948 Cole Porter, Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, John C. Wilson, Harold Lang, and Bella Spewack are shown at the rehearsal for Kiss Me, Kate at the New Century Theatre. 21 images » « no results match your search » Only 284 of the 1835 shows Eileen Darby photographed have made it to our website so far contact us and we may be able to find what you are looking for.

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