- (1917 - 1945) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Yes or No. Written by Arthur Goodrich. Directed by G.M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson [credited as G.M. Anderson] and L. Lawrence Weber. 48th Street Theatre (moved to The Longacre Theatre from 21 Jan 1918 to close): 21 Dec 1917- Apr 1918 (closing date unknown/147 performances). Cast: John Adair [Broadway debut], Lois Bartlett, Byron Beasley, Halbert Brown, John A. Butler, Malcolm Duncan, Eva Francis, Robert Kelly, Willette Kershaw, Margaret Lytle, Kalman Matus, Emilie Polini, William Read, Walter Regan, Frank Wilcox, Marjorie Wood. Produced by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson and L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1919) Stage Play: She Would and She Did. Comedy. Written by Mark Reed. Directed by John Cromwell. Vanderbilt Theatre: 11 Sep 1919- Oct 1919 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Wallie Byrnes"), Edward Arnold (as "Charlie Vincent"), Ned Burton, May Collins, John Cromwell (as "Frank Goward"), Lemist Esler (as "Harley Hunt"), Grace George (as "Frances Nesmith"), Fletcher Harvey (as "Dr. Coburn"), Esther Howard, Arthur Keith, George MacQuarrie (as "Fisher Brigham"), John Stokes, Isabel West, Cora Witherspoon (as "Elsie Goward").
- She Would and She Did (1919). Comedy. Written by Mark Reed. Directed by John Cromwell. Vanderbilt Theatre: 11 Sep 1919- Oct 1919 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Wallie Byrnes"), Edward Arnold (as "Charlie Vincent"), Ned Burton, May Collins, John Cromwell (as "Frank Goward"), Lemist Esler (as "Harley Hunt"), Grace George (as "Frances Nesmith"), Fletcher Harvey (as "Dr. Coburn"), Esther Howard, Arthur Keith, George MacQuarrie (as "Fisher Brigham"), John Stokes, Isabel West, Cora Witherspoon (as "Elsie Goward").
- (1923) Stage Play: Caroline. Musical comedy/romance. Music by Edward Rideamus and Alfred Goodman. Book by Harry B. Smith and E. Kunneke. From the German original by Herman Haller and Edward Rideamus. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and E. Kunneke. Based on a comedy by Max Kempner-Hochstadt. Musical Director: Fred Hoff. Choreographed by Frank M. Gillespie. Entire production staged under the personal direction of J.J. Shubert. Directed by Fred G. Latham. Ambassador Theatre: 31 Jan 1923- 9 Jun 1923 (151 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Roderick Gray"), Harrison Brockbank (as "Brigadier General Randolph Calhoun"), Jane Brown (as "Edith Varden"), Kay Carlin (as "Gladys Carroll"), Edna Duval (as "Isabel Marshall"), Viola Duval (as "Mabel Preston"), Viola Gillette (as "Mrs. Calhoun"), Vera Hoppe (as "Josephine Hurley"), Vonnie James (as "Irene Stone"), Mattie Keene (as "Amanda"), Tessa Kosta (as "Caroline Lee"), Ben Linn (as "Hannibal"), J. Harold Murray (as "Captain Robert Langdon"), Mabel Olson (as "Joan Blythe"), Barnett Parker (as "Digby Bretton"), Helen Shipman (as "Helen"), Beatrice Wilson (as "Flora Wayne"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1923) Stage Play: Artists and Models. Musical revue. Book by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Francis 'Bunny' Weldon [credited as Francis Weldon]. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 24 Mar 1924-17 May 1924): 20 Aug 1923-17 May 1924 (312 performances). Cast: John Adair, Arthur Boylan, Rose Boylan, Nikola Cunningham, Buddy Doyle, Beth Elliott, Frank Fay, Harriet Gimbel, Grace Hamilton, Harry Kelly, Adele Klaer, Kyra, Fatelle Levelle, James R. Liddy, Lee Morse, Bob Nelson, Bob O'Connor, Marie Pettes, Etta Pillard, Ann Pritchard, George Rosener, Clare Thompson, Veronica, Rollo Wayne, Charlotte Woodruff. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: This was the first of what would become a semi-regular revue (1924, 1925, 1927, 1930 and 1943).
- (1926) Stage Play: Katja. Musical/operetta. Book by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by James C. Huffman. 44th Street Theatre: 18 Oct 1926- 22 Jan 1927 (112 performances). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1930) Stage Play: On the Spot. Melodrama. Written by Edgar Wallace. Directed by Lee Ephraim and Carol Reed. Forrest Theatre: 29 Oct 1930- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/167 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Interne"), Glenda Farrell (as "Marie Pouliski"), John Gallaudet, George Drury Hart, John M. Kline, Mike Sullivan, Suezo Tckero, Arthur R. Vinton, Alan Ward, John Wheeler, Crane Wilbur (as "Tony Perrelli"), Jeanne Winters, Anna May Wong (as "Minn Lee"), Stanley Wood (as "Capt. Harrigan"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert in association with Edgar Wallace and Lee Ephraim.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H.I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: John McManus. Sketches by: H.I. Philips, Fred Allen and David Freedman. Written by Harry Turgend. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman. Featuring songs by Joseph Meyer, Richard Myers, Dana Suesse, Peter DeRose, Billy Hill and James F. Hanley. Additional numbers staged by John Murray Anderson. Costume Design by Russell Patterson, 'Raoul Pène Du Bois', Charles Le Maire, Billy Livingston and Kiviette. Scenic Design by Watson Barrett and Albert R. Johnson. Lighting Design by John Murray Anderson. Dialogue Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Winter Garden Theatre: 4 Jan 1934- 9 Jun 1934 (182 performances). Cast: John Adair, Joanna Allen, Virginia Allen, Louene Ambrosius, Peggy Ann, Eve Arden [Broadway debut], Margorie Baglin, Judith Barron, Leon Barte, Mary Bay, Betzi Beaton, Anna Bell, Herman Belmonte, Helen Bennett, Al Bloom, Hazel Boffinger, Mary Bolles, Mildred Borst, Patricia Bowman, Fanny Brice, Mary Ellen Brown, Dorothy Buckley, Joanne Cannon, Joseph Carey, Jean Carson, Jacques Cartier, Jack Coogan, Gloria Cook, Dorothy Daly, Hope Dare, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Loretta Dennison, Eva Desca, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Frank Ericson, Lonita Foster, Helene Frederic, Jane Froman, Marjorie Gayle, Gloria Glennon, Julia Gorman, Irene Hamlin, Helen Hannon, Pearl Harris, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Brice Hutchins, Vivian Janis, Julie Jenner, Ruth Kane, Gladyse Keating, James Kitson, Evelyn Laurie, Naomi Leaf, Clark Leston, Rose Lipton, Dorothy MacKinnon, Florence Mallee, Florence Malley, Carlotta Mann, Charlotte Mann, Lillian Mann, Fred Mannat, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Sara Mazo, Pam McAvoy, Frances McHugh, Vicki Michak, Bobbie Miller, Dinty Moore, Victor Morely, Jane Moxon, Evelyn Nichols, Evelyn Nielson, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Ina Ray, Ruth Reiter, Susanne Remos, Edith Roark, Thora Roberts, Don Ross, Caroline Ryan, Ruth Saks, Sid Salzer, Marion Santre, Sunya Shurman, Leone Sousa, Edwina Steele, Maria Steele, Marie Stevens, Jean Stuart, Lucile Stuart, Adlynn Swan, Gladine Sweetser, Ethel Thorsen, The Vikings, Oliver Wakefield, Mildred Webb, Gil White, Marguerite White, Betty Worth. Produced by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke).
- (1920) Stage Play: Welcome Stranger. Comedy. Written by Aaron Hoffman. Cohan & Harris: 13 Sep 1920- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/309 performances). Cast: John Adair, David Adler, Jules J. Bennet, Mary Brandon, Edmund Breese, Frank Herbert, Valerie Hickerson, David Higgins, Ben Johnson, Percival Lennon, Isadora Martin, Margaret Mower, Charles I. Schofield, George Sidney, Edward L. Snader. Produced by Sam Harris and George M. Cohan. Note: Filmed by Belasco Productions [distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)] as Welcome Stranger (1924).
- (1938) Stage Play: Knights of Song. Musical. Material by Glendon Allvine. Based on a story by Glendon Allvine and Adele Gutman Nathan. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Orchestrations furnished by Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. Additional orchestrations by Harold Sanford. Gilbert and Sullivan musical excerpts staged by Avalon Collard. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Hollywood Theatre: 17 Oct 1938- 29 Oct 1938 (16 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "McManus"), Jay Amiss, Earl Ashcroft, Charles Atkin, Reginald Bach, Victor Beecroft, Beulah Blake, Freeman Bloodgood, Nigel Bruce (as "William Schwenk Gilbert"), Ralph Bunker (as "Sir Joseph Porter"), Martha Burnett, Angus Cairns, Robert Chisholm, Virginia Cole, Robert Collins, Burr Crandall, Norman Crandall, Shirley Dale, Paul Davin, Shannon Dean, Vera Deane, Annamary Dickey, Mary Dyer, Bruce Evans, Anthony Ferrara, William Foran, Ann Francis, Shirley Gale, Davie Gladstone, Carrie Glenn, Norman Gray, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Edward Hayes, Karl Holly, Mary Hoppel, Rosalind Ivan, Myrtis Jackson, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Kirk, Earle MacVeigh, Emily Marsh, John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "His Grace, The Archbishop of Canterbury"), Sandra Nova, Winston O'Keefe (as "George Bernard Shaw"), Remington Olmstead, Eva Paul, Molly Pearson, Orlo Rexford, Martha Roberts, Leonard Rocky, Edward Ryan, Jr., David Showalter, Laurence Siegel, Lawrence Siegle, Betty Sparks, George Vaughan, Gladstone Waldrip, Ruth Wenton, Everett West, Rex Williams, Monty Woolley (as "His Royal Highness"), Albert Edward. Produced by Laurence Schwab.
- (1936) Stage Play: Chalk Dust. Drama.
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