Other works

(1940 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1940) Stage Play: Higher and Higher. Comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Material by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. Based on an idea by Irving Pincus. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Directed by Joshua Logan. Shubert Theatre: 4 Apr 1940- 15 Jun 1940 (84 performances). Cast: Ted Adair, June Allyson, Irene Austin, Jane Ball, Robert Chisholm (as "Byng"), Eva Condon, Ronnie Cunningham, Sigrid Dagnie, Lee Dixon, Kay Duncan, Eleanor Eberle, Marta Eggert, Vera-Ellen, Leif Erickson, Cliff Ferre, Janet Fox, Miriam Franklin, William Geery, Joseph Granville, George Griffith, Jack Haley (as "Zachary Ash"), Bunnie Hightower, Louis Hightower, Gloria Hope, Marguerite James, Michael Moore, Richard Moore, Marie Nash, Frederic Nay, Fin Olsen, Kay Picture, Burton Pierce, Marie Louise Quevli, Jane Richardson, Harry Rogue, Shirley Ross, Joseph Scandur, Jack Seymour, Robert Shanley, Hollace Shaw, William Skipper [credited as Billy Skipper Jr.] (Broadway debut), Hilda Spong (as "Miss Whiffen"), Lyda Sue, Carl Trees, Jack Whitney, Billie Worth. Produced by Dwight Wiman.

(1940) Stage Play: Panama Hattie. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and Buddy G. DeSylva. Orchestral arrangements by Russell Bennett, Hans Spialek and Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Lyn Murray. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Scenic Design by Raoul Pene Du Bois. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. 46th Street Theatre: 30 Oct 1940- 3 Jan 1942 (501 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Hattie Maloney"), Phyllis Brooks (as "Leila Tree"), Joan Carroll (as "Geraldine Bullett"), James Dunn (as "Nick Bullett"), Pat Harrington Sr. (as "Skat Briggs"), Betty Hutton (as "Florrie"), Frank Hyers (as "Windy Deegan"), Rags Ragland (as "Woozy Hogan") [final Broadway role], Arthur Treacher (as "Vivian Budd"), June Allyson (as "Dancing Girl"), Irene Austin (as "Dancing Girl"), Raymond Baine (as "Tom"), Jack Baker (as "Dancing Boy"), Jane Ball (as "Dancing Girl"), Marguerite Benton (as "Singing Girl"), Mimi Berry (as "Dancing Girl"), Betsy Blair (as "Dancing Girl") [Broadway debut], Lucille Bremer (as "Dancing Girl"), Janis Carter (as "Singing Girl"), Nancy Chaplin (as "Dancing Girl"), Conchita (as "Mrs. Gonzales"), Hal Conklin (as "First Stranger"), Kathlyn Coulter (as "Dancing Girl"), Marrianne Cude (as "Dancing Girl"), Ronnie Cunningham (as "Dancing Girl"), Ted Daniels (as "Ted"), Frank DeRoss (as "Second Stranger"), Vera Dean (as "Singing Girl"), Jack Donahue (as "Mike"), Doris Dowling (as "Dancing Girl"), Al Downing (as "Pete") [role changed to "First Stranger" after opening], Lipman Duckat (as "Ty"), Vera-Ellen (as "Dancing Girl"), Cliff Ferre (as "Dancing Boy"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Dancing Girl"), Nadine Gae (as "Chiquita"), Roger Gerry (as "Tim"), Anne Graham (as "Kitty Belle Randolph/Singing Girl"), Linda Griffith (as "Fruit Peddler"), Marguerite James (as "Dancing Girl"), James Kelso (as "Whitney Randolph"), Pat Likely (as "Dancing Girl"), Mary McDownell (as "Dancing Girl"), Fred Nay (as "Dancing Boy"), Eppy Pearson (as "Mac"), Jack Riley (as "Dancing Boy"), Harry Rogue (as "Dancing Boy"), Renee Russell (as "Dancing Girl"), Elaine Shepard (as "Mildred Hunter"), William Skipper [credited as Billy Skipper Jr.] (as "Dancing Boy"), Art Stanley (as "Dancing Boy"), Carl Trees (as "Dancing Boy"), Don Weissmuller (as "Dancing Boy"), Audrey Westphal (as "Dancing Girl"). Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva. Note: Filmed as Panama Hattie (1942).

(1941) Stage Play: Banjo Eyes. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Material by Joseph Quillan and Izzy Ellison. Lyrics John La Touche. Additional lyrics by Harold Adamson. Based on "Three Men on a Horse" by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott. "We Did It Before" by Charles Tobias and Cliff Friend. Orchestrations supervised by Domenico Savino. Music arranged by Domenico Savino and Charles L. Cooke. Vocal arrangements by Buck Warnick. The De Marco's arrangements by Alan Moran. Featuring songs by George Sumner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Direction and Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Hollywood Theatre: 25 Dec 1941-12 Apr 1942 (126 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Ray Arnett, E.J. Blunkall, Betty Boyce, Norma Brown, Audrey Christie, June Clyde, Jimmy Corke, Kay Coulter, Ronnie Cunningham, Sally De Marco, Tony De Marco, Doris Dowling, Clark Eggleston, Carle Erbele, John Ervin, James Farrell, Florence Foster, Kate Friedlich, Chick Gagnon, Grace Gilren, Anne Graham, Arthur Grahl, Linda Griffeth, Miriam Gwinn, Ray Harrison, Doug Hawkins, Mitzi Haynes, Peggy Ann Holmes, Virginia Howe, Helene Hudson, Adele Jergens, Bill Johnson, Ray Johnson, Doris Kent, George Lovesee, Lynn, Royce, and Vanya, Lynn Malone, Rayford Malone, Joseph Malvin, Remi Martell, Ray Mayer, Morton Mayo (as "Banjo Eyes"), Virginia Mayo (as "Ginger, The Girl with "Banjo Eyes"), John McCord, Jack Nagle, Leona Olsen, George Richmond, Tina Rigat, Richard Rober, Sherry Shadburne, Phil Shafer, 'william Skipper' [credited as Billy Skipper Jr.], Puddy Smith, Lionel Stander (as "Patsy"), Jacqueline Susann (as "Miss Clark"), Shirl Thomas, Marie Vanneman, Mimi Walthers, Ray Weamer, Evelyn Weiss, Audrey Westphal, Tommy Wonder, Margie Young. Produced by Albert Lewis.

(1946) Stage Play: Park Avenue. Musical comedy.

(1948) Stage Play: Lend an Ear. Musical revue. Music by 'Charles Gaynor)' (qv. Lyrics by Charles Gaynor. Book by Charles Gaynor. Additional sketches by Joseph Stein, Will Glickman. Additional arrangements by George Bauer. Musical Staging by Gower Champion. Scenic Design by Raoul Pene Du Bois. Directed by Hal Gerson. National Theatre (moved to The Broadhurst Theatre from 21 Feb 1949- 8 Oct 1949, then moved to The Shubert Theatre from 10 Oct 1949- 29 Oct 1949, then moved to The Mansfield Theatre from 31 Oct 1949- close): 16 Dec 1948- 21 Jan 1950 (460 performances). Cast: Yvonne Adair (as "The Secretary Who Sings, I'm Not in Love/Henry Jones' Mother, Friday Dancing Class/Ginger O'Toole, The Gladiola Girl/The Tourist, Santo Domingo/The Secretary Who Sings, I'm Not in Love/Ginger O'Toole, The Gladiola Girl/The Tourist, Santo Domingo/Miss Bridey, Friday Dancing Class/"Who Hit Me?" Singer") [Broadway debut], Anne Renee Anderson (as "The Patient, Neurotic You and Psychopathic Me/Singer/Girl, "The Gladiola Girl"/Mathilda, Words Without Song"), Dorothy Babb (as "The Girl in "Give Your Heart a Chance to Sing," Give Your Heart a Chance to Sing/Girl, "The Gladiola Girl"/Dancer/The Girl in "Give Your Heart a Chance to Sing," Give Your Heart a Chance to Sing/The Girl in "Friday Dancing Class"/"Molly O'Reilly" Dancer/Girl/"The Gladiola Girl"), Carol Channing (as "Wife, Power of the Press/Girl, "The Gladiola Girl"/Singer/Mrs. Playgoer, All the World's/The Countess, Words Without Song/Henry Jones' Mother, Friday Dancing Class/Wife, Power of the Press/"Three Little Queens of the Silver Screen," Singer/Girl, The Gladiola Girl/Mrs. Playgoer, All the World's/The Countess, Words Without Song"), Al Checco, Peter Conlow, Robert Dixon, William Eythe, Nancy Franklin, Antoinette Guhlke, Hal Hackett, George Hall, Gloria Hamilton, Bob Herget, Beverly Hosie, Jenny Lou Law, Betty Low, Arthur Maxwell, Tommy Morton, Gene Nelson, Bob Scheerer, William Skipper, Jeanine Smith, Lee Stacy, Larry Stewart, Bill Woods. Produced by William R. Katzell, Franklin Gilbert, William Eythe.

(1955) Stage Play: Almost Crazy. Musical revue. Sketches by James Shelton, Hal Hackady [earliest Broadway credit] and Robert A. Bernstein. Music by Portia Nelson, Raymond Taylor and James Shelton. Lyrics by Portia Nelson, Raymond Taylor and James Shelton. Musical Director: Al Rickey. Music arranged by Ted Royal. Entire production staged by Lew Kessler. Choreographed by William Skipper. Directed by Christopher Hewett [earliest Broadway credit]. Longacre Theatre: 20 Jun 1955- 25 Jun 1955 (16 performances). Cast: Kay Medford, James Shelton [final Broadway credit], Karen Anders, Alvin Beam, Vincent Beck, Ron Cecil, Betty Colby, Nick Dana, Lorna Del Maestro, Phyllis Dorne, Babe Hines, Mildred Hughes, Joan Morton, Fred Nay, Kevin Scott, William Skipper, Gloria Smith, Rita Tanno, Rochard Towers, Ann York. Produced by John S. Cobb.