Charles Sherman(1899-1976)

Stage Play: Two's Company. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ogden Nash. Additional Lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Sketches by Charles Sherman [final Broadway credit]. Sketches written with Peter De Vries [Broadway debut]. Featuring songs by Sheldon Harnick ("A Man's Home"). Vocal arrangements by Milton Rosenstock. Ballet Music by Genevieve Pitot and David Baker. Music orchestrated by Don Walker ("Opening - Theatre is a Lady", "A Man's Home", "Roundabout", "Clear Blue Sky", "Esther" and "Haunted Hot Spot"), Clare Grundman ("Turn Me Loose on Broadway", "It Just Occured to Me", "Baby Couldn't Dance" and "Finale") and Phil Lang ("Roll Along, Sadie", "Purple Rose" and "Just Like a Man"). Additional sketches by Arnold B. Horwitt ("And a Little Child" and "When in Rome") and Lee Rogow ("And a Little Child" and "When in Rome"). Additonal sketch by Mort Green ("One's A Crowd") and Nat Hiken ("Jealousy"). Additional sketch by George Foster ("One's A Crowd"). Additional Sketch by Billy Friedberg ("Jealousy"). Scenario for "Roundabout" by Horton Foote and Jerome Robbins. "The Voice of Inexperience" by Oliver Wakefield. Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins. Sketches Directed by Jules Dassin. Alvin Theatre: 15 Dec 1952- 8 Mar 1953 (90 performances). Cast: Bette Davis (as "Singer/Dancer of "Turn Me Loose on Broadway"/That One, One's A Crowd/Helen, Jealousy/Singer/Dancer of "Roll Along, Sadie"/Performer of "Street Scenes"/Jezebela, When in Rome/Sybill, Purple Rose/Singer of "Just Like a Man"), David Burns, David Burns, Hiram Sherman, Florence Baum, Jeanna Belkin, Eleanor Boleyn, Maurice Brenner, Perry Bruskin (as "Announcer, Going to the Studio"), David Burns, Bill Callahan, Art Carroll, Bill Crach, Francis Edwards, Clifford Fearl, Ellen Hanley, Barbara Heath, Sue Hight, Dorothy Hill, William Inglis, George S. Irving, Maria Karnilova, Peter Kelley, John Kelly, Lenore Korman, William Krach, Ralph Linn, Tina Louise (as "Secretary, And A Little Child/Audience member, One's A Crowd/Singing Ensemble"), Henry Mallory, Michael Mann, Julie Marlowe, Buzz Miller, Helen Murielle, May Muth, Franklin Neil, Bob Neukum, Robert Orton, Robert Pagent, Stanley Prager, Basha Regis, Deborah Remsen, Earl Renard, Job Sanders, Gilbert Shipley, Armstead Shobey, Stanley Simmons, Teddy Tavenner, Oliver Wakefield, Doris Wolin. Understudies: Art Carroll, Sue Hight, George S. Irving, May Muth, Stanley Prager, Teddy Tavenner. Replacement actors: Clifford Fearl, Peter Kelley [for Bill Calahan], Doris Wolin [for Sue Hight]. Produced by James Russo and Michael Ellis. Associate Producer: Clifford Hayman.