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titles     on off  images   on off  sort by   title date  results per page         10  25  50  75  100    Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! February 2, 1948 Starring Nancy Walker and Harold Lang. Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. 24 images » Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! circa 1948 Jerome Robbins choreographer and director. At the Adelphi Theatre, starring Nancy Walker and Harold Lang. 8 images » Louis Prima date unknown 26 images » Louisiana Purchase circa 1940 A musical comedy featuring Broadway team William Gaxton and Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Vera Zorina, Carol Bruce, and with a score by Irving Berlin. Victor Moore stars as Senator Oliver P. Loganberry on a campaign to expose the corruption of the Louisiana government in this lighthearted spoof inspired by the administration of the late Governor Huey Long. images available upon request Macbeth October 22, 1941 The revival starring Dame Judith Anderson and Maurice Evans with Staats Cotsworth as Banquo. It was very successful and ran for 131 performances. images available upon request Mademoiselle Party date unknown images available upon request Maid In The Ozarks September 14, 1942 A farce staged by Jules Pfeiffer. The play about Kentucky hillbillies migrated from Los Angeles to Chicago and was roundly panned by critics. Tenaciously, the producer kept the show running until it was purchased by two Chicagoans who better marketed the show with a panache that drew theatre-goers and brought the play to profit. After five successful years traveling the country the play finally made it to Broadway in 1946. images available upon request Many Happy Returns December 11, 1944 A very poorly received comedy starring Mary Astor, in her Broadway debut, as Cynthia Laceby and Neil Hamilton as Henry Burton. The show follows the wooing escapades of a sophisticated woman who ensnares a young man, his older banker father, and then several other men before the curtain falls for 1 of only 3 performances. 1 images » Mary Jane Walsh date unknown Singer known for "Too Many Girls", 1939. Her first show was Rodgers and Harts "I'd Rather Be Right", 1937, from the famous quote "I'd Rather Be Right Than President". Shown here while involved with "Let's Face It!", the Cole Porter 1941 musical. images available upon request Mata and Hari October 10, 1941 Eccentric dancers Ruth Mata (Meta Krahn) and Eugene Hari (Otto Ulbricht). images available upon request Me And Juliet March 12, 1953 18 images » Me and Juliet circa 1953 6 images » Meet The People - London date unknown images available upon request Men In Shadow March 10, 1943 Originally an English play in 1942, the show was brought to Broadway in 1943. A flop that ran for 21 performances, the drama revolves around the hiding of three American airmen in an old French mill house. Written by Mary Hayley Bell, wife of renown actor John Mills, and produced by Max Gordon. images available upon request Mexican Hayride December 28, 1943 A musical starring Bobby Clark as a comedic con-man on the lam in Mexico, and featuring June Havoc as an American female bullfighter. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Produced by Mike Todd. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, who found a much needed hit in the song, "I Love You." images available upon request Miles White January 11, 1943 Gifted costume designer Miles White paints designs in his studio during the production of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1943. His show immediately following was Oklahoma!. 5 images » Miss Liberty June 12, 1949 Images from the rehearsal for the story of a French girl mistaken for the female model who inspired the Statue of Liberty. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, written by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Moss Hart, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. At the Imperial Theatre, 1949. 14 images » Mister Big September 4, 1941 The rehearsals of the murder-mystery comedy produced and staged by Geroge S. Kaufman that ran for only 7 performances. Featuring Fay Wray, Hume Cronyn, Mitzi Hajos, Betty Furness, and Robert Whitehead. images available upon request Morning Star August 21, 1942 Gregory Peck made his Broadway debut in this Guthrie McClintic production, written by Emlyn Williams, which centers on the happenings of the British newspaper Morning Star. The play was Peck's calling card to Hollywood, despite its short 24 performance run and less than stellar reviews. These images are from the rehearsal. 7 images » My Sister Eileen December 23, 1940 My Sister Eileen was a joyous comedy based on Ruth McKenney's New Yorker stories about the urban adventures of her attractive sister Eileen. The Max Gordon production, staged by George S. Kaufman, ran for an incredible 864 performances. In a tragic twist, newlyweds Eileen McKenney and husband novelist Nathaniel West were killed in an automobile accident only 4 days before the opening. The show was adapted into the great musical Wonderful Town by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Leonard Bernstein in 1953. images available upon request Native Son March 5, 1941 Based on the fantastic award winning novel by Richard Wright and directed by Orson Welles only two months before the release of his film masterpiece Citizen Kane. Starring Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, a tormented black man in the slums of South Side Chicago wanted for killing a white woman. A powerful commentary on the American racial environment. 20 images » New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes) circa 1943 Another Leonard Sillman musical revue, albeit one with unfavorable reviews. The show featured John Lund, who later became a big star at Paramount Studios, Irwin Corey, Doris Dowling, and Alice Pearce. images available upon request Night Before Christmas March 29, 1941 A comedy in three acts written by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. The show featured Harry Bratsburg (who later became Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the hit TV show M*A*S*H), a young Shelley Winters, and was later made into the film "Larceny, Inc." starring Edward G. Robinson and featuring Anthony Quinn and Jane Wyman. images available upon request No Time For Sergeants January 16, 1956 Starring Andy Griffith and Roddy McDowell images available upon request Oklahoma! circa 1943 The musical that redefined what a musical could be for Broadway. A love triangle storyline and classic songs such as "The Surrey with the Fringe On Top" and "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" all led to a staggering 2,212 performance phenomenon. Richard Rodgers music, Oscar Hammerstein II lyrics, Agnes de Mille choreographer, Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts star, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian at the St. James Theatre. 42 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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