Eileen Darby Photo Assignments
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John Henry
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December 30, 1939 |
| Starring Paul Robeson in the title role at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. The show opened on Broadway 11 days later on January 10th, 1940 at the 44th Street Theatre. Despite its short run this was the show that marked the beginning of Eileen Darby's Theatre photography career, the images of which were her first published in the NY Times Photo Section in 1940 by photo editor Victor Talley. |
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Two On An Island
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January 13, 1940 |
| The Elmer Rice comedy about a boy from Ohio who meets a girl from New Hampshire while trying to find success on the island of Manhatten. The show featured a very large cast of over 90 performers including Betty Field and John Craven as the young lovers. Set design by Jo Mielziner. The show ran for 96 performances. |
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Yankee Point
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November 7, 1942 |
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Men In Shadow
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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. |
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Sons o' Fun
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May 1, 1943 |
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The World's Full Of Girls
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November 1943 |
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A Connecticut Yankee
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circa 1943 |
| A jive-talk, wartime update of the 1927 classic. Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields and staged by John C. Wilson. Featuring dancer Vera-Ellen. The show was the last by Lorenz Hart, who was ejected for being drunk and disorderly from the opening night performance, dying a few weeks later from pneumonia. The production reprised the old standards, "My Heart Stood Still" and "Thou Swell", and introduced a new show-stopping number, "To Keep My Love Alive", which was added for Vivienne Segal, fresh from her Broadway run in the hit, Pal Joey. |
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New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes)
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circa 1943 |
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Bloomer Girl
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circa 1944 |
| Starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. At the Shubert Theatre on 44th street, New York. |
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Laffing Room Only
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circa 1944 |
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On the Town
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circa 1944 |
| Inspired by Jerome Robbins' earlier ballet Fancy Free, On The Town brilliantly dramatized the adventures of three sailors in New York on a 24-hour pass. Robbins' driving creative vision as both director and choreographer on this show and his West Side Story (1957) planted the seeds for the so called "concept musical," such as "Cabaret" (1966) and "Chicago" (1975). |
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The Late George Apley
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circa 1944 |
| A George S. Kaufman comedy hit starring Leo G. Carroll as the title character, an ultra-conservative resisting change in 1912 getting by with his wit and a drink. Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by John P. Marquand and produced by Max Gordon, the play was universally well received by the critics and playgoers. |
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The Late George Apley
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circa 1944 |
| A George S. Kaufman comedy hit starring Leo G. Carroll as the title character, an ultra-conservative resisting change in 1912 getting by with his wit and a drink. Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by John P. Marquand and produced by Max Gordon, the play was universally well received by the critics and playgoers. |
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Foolish Notion
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February 1945 |
| A comedy written by Philip Barry, directed by John C. Wilson and starring Tallulah Bankhead. The story follows a woman who has lost her husband (Henry Hull) in the war, and so makes plans to marry her husband's best friend (Donald Cook). When the husband surprisingly reappears, all is turned upside-down and the woman must choose between the two men. The play was staged as a combination of reality and the fantasy imaginings of all of the possible outcomes, leaning heavily on the production design and lighting by Jo Mielziner. |
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Carousel
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March 17, 1945 |
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Street Scene
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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. |
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Allegro
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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. |
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