- (1934) Stage: General Stage Manager for "Revenge with Music" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Material / lyrics by Howard Dietz. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a variation on the old Spanish folk tale "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Dance ensembles by Mikhail Mordkin. Directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky. New Amsterdam Theater: 28 Nov 1934-27 Apr 1935 (158 performances). Cast: Libby Holman (as "Mariah"), Georges Metaxa, Charles Winninger (as "Don Emilio"), Joseph Macauley, Helen Arden, Walter Armin, Beatrice Berens, Gertrude Berggren, Marcus Blechman, Geraldine Bork, Andre Charise, Ilka Chase, Natalia Danesi, Margaret Daum, Frank Davenport, Marguerite De Anguera, Nunez de Polanco, Bertha Donn (as "Juanita, Dona Isabella's Maid"), Tamara Doriva, John Dunbar, William Elliott, Frances Farnsworth, Raoul Fernandez, David Friedkin, Ernestine Henoch, Hernandez Brothers, Eleanor King, George Kirk, Ada Korvin, Marion Lawrence, Margaret Lee, Tom Long, Earle MacVeigh, Gene Martel, Paul Mathis, Rex O'Malley, Rosita Ortega, Harry Pick, Detmar Poppen, Frances Reid, Hyla Roberts, Charles Scanlon, Ivy Scott, Sidney Stark, George Thornton, Rowan Tudor, Omero Valencia, Bianca Volland, Eleanor Waldon, Herman Weiner, Cliff Whitcombe, Jay Wilson, Molly Wood, Paula Yasgour. Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin. NOTE: Holman sang "You and the Night and Music."
- (1931) Stage: DIrected "Company's Coming" on Broadway. Comedy/farce. Written by Alma Wilson. Lyceum Theatre: 20 Apr 1931-Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Leila Bennett (as "Susie"), 'William Black (I)' (as Mr. Patterson") , William Boren, Wilfred Clarke, William W. Crimans (as "Sergeant"), Hy Glanz, Francesca Hill, Frieda Inescort (as "Mrs. Janney"), Ellsworth Jones, James La Curto, Mona Lester, Frances Neilson, Lynne Overman (as "Mr. Janney"), Sidney Riggs (as "Mr. Thompson"), Rosalind Russell (as "Miss Mallory"), James Spottswood. Produced by Stanley Sharpe.
- (1930) Stage: Directed "Simple Simon" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Material by Ed Wynn and Guy Bolton. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Choreographed by Seymour Felix. Ziegfeld Theatre: 18 Feb 1930-14 Jun 1930 (135 performances). Cast: Will Ahern, Pirko Ahlquist, Bobbe Arnst, Mabel Baade, Elsie Behrens, Hugh Cameron (as "Otto Prince"), Ben Carswell, Marie Conwal, Mary Coyle, Frank DeWitt, Marion Dodge, Alan Edwards, Caja Eric, William J. Ferry, Hazel Forbes, Agnes Franey, Dolores Grant, Harriet Hoctor, Anthony Hughes, Mildred Ivory, Alfred P. James, Pete La Della, Doree Leslie, Neva Lynn, Elaine Mann, Virginia McNaughton, Frieda Mierse, Villi Milli, Lee Morse, Patsy O'Day, Master George Offerman, Dorothy Patterson, Lennox Pawle, Georgia Payne, Lois Peck, Gladys Pender, Clementine Rigeau, Blanche Satchell, Joseph Schrode, Douglas Stanbury, Paul Stanton, Helen Walsh (as "Jewel Pearce"), Gil White, Ed Wynn (as "Simon"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1927) Stage: Directed (w/Oscar Hammerstein II) "Show Boat" on Broadway. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics / musical adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music / lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927-4 May 1929 (572 performances). NOTE: (1) He is officially credited with being the director of the original 1927 Broadway stage production of Kern and Hammerstein's "Show Boat"; he was actually the stage manager, and the musical play was actually directed by Oscar Hammerstein II, the librettist and lyricist, but Hammerstein, a modest man, gave Colvan the credit for his great ability as stage manager of the production. (2) Filmed as Show Boat (1936), Show Boat (1951), Show Boat (1929).
- (1927) Stage: Directed (w/Sammy Lee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) "Ziegfeld Follies of 1927" on Broadway. Musical revue. Based on material by Harold Atteridge and Eddie Cantor. Lyrics / music by 'Irving Berlin (I)' (q). Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Ferde Grofé Sr., Arthur Gutman, Louis Katzman, Paul Lannin, Frank Tours and Roy Webb. Featuring songs by Bill Munro. New Amsterdam Theatre: 16 Aug 1927-7 Jan 1928 (167 performances). Cast: Jean Ackerman, Pirkko Ahlquist, Wilma Ansell, Jean Audree, Anita Avila, Franklyn Bauer, Dorothy Bauman, Leo Bill, Bonnie Blackwood, Antoinette Boots, Helen Hayes Brown, Genevieve Browne, The Brox Sisters, Gloria Bujee, Edna Bunte, Dorothy Burr, Bobbie Campbell, Eddie Cantor, Kae Carroll, Olga Chalmers, Peggy Chamberlin, Paul Chezzi, Lillian Clark, Babe Colby, Ripples Covert, Eileen Cullen, Mignon Dallette, Myrna Darby, Claudia Dell, Irene Delroy, Dorothy Donahue, Mary Donahue, Pauline Dove, Alma Drange, Anna Dumar, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Etting, Fairchild & Rainger, Murrel Finely, Grace Fleming, Lora Foster, Amy Frank, Vera Fredericks, Marie Gale, Rose Gale, Paul Ghezzi, Doreen Glover, Rita Glynde, Frances Gorton, Evelyn Graves, Velma Grimm, Edith Hayward, Dan Healy, Ross Hines, Edna Wallace Hopper, The Ingenues, Bob Ingersoll, Mary Irwin, Madeline Janis, Billie Jenks, Paula Jones, Bettye Junod, Helen Kaiser, Lily Kimari, Lydia Krashinsky, Kathleen Krosby, Ida Lanvin, Marjorie Leet, Frances Leighton, Marguerite Lichti, Claire Luce, Polly Luce, Marie Marceline, Margaret Mayer, Harry McNaughton, Beth Milton, Mixi, Catherine Moylan, Bonnie Murray, Myrio and Desha, Marie Novak, Agnes O'Laughlin, Blanche Olsen, Peggy O'Neil, Nona Otero, Jessie Payne, Frank Phillips, Nickie Pitell, Alice Pleis, Louise Powell, William H. Power, Albertina Rasche Girls, Gladys Rennick, Anita Rice, Kathryn Ringquist, Virginia Roberts, Olga Royce, Lee Russell, Dorothy Ryan, Phil Ryley, Blanche Satchell, Bunny Schum, Mickie Seiden, Tommie Shannon, Frank Sherlock, Al Siegel, Mina Smith, Mina Sorel, Laura Standish, Cora Stephens, Jack Stevens, Wanda Stevenson, Norma Taylor, Andrew Tombes, Nildred Turner, Frances Upton, Blossom Vreeland, Florence Ward, Marion Wellman, Lucy Westgate, Gertrude Williams, Frances Woodward, Gladys Young. Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1917) Stage: Appeared in "The Passing Show of 1917" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book / lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Additional music by Clifton Crawford, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Ted Snyder, Burton Green and Harry Tierney. Additional lyrics by Clifton Crawford, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Burton Green, Irene Franklin and Alfred Bryan. Musical Staging by Allan K. Foster. Choreographed by Jack Manning. Directed by James C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 26 Apr 1917-13 Oct 1917 (196 performances). Cast: Claude Allen, Effie Allen, Ted Andrews, Fred Ardath, Franklyn Batie, Gussie Berg, Kitty Berg, Henry Bergman, Hazel Black, Betty Brown, Nat Carr, Nell Carrington, Gladys Clark, Dolly Connolly, John Crone, Muriel Dae, Babe Dakin, Louise Dale, Jefferson De Angelis, Andrew Demarest, Peggie Dempsey, Adrienne Dillon, Johnny Dooley, Florence Elmore, Murray Evans, Nancy Everett, Dudley Farnsworth, Inez Francis, Irene Franklin, Elsie Froehlich, Ada Fuld, Bobbie Gaylor, Dorothy Godfrey, Yvonne Gouraud, Burton Green, Lenora Greenwood, Lillian Griffith, Agnes Hall, Grace Hall, Rae Hartley, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Grace Keeshon, Gladys Kelley, Helen Kelley, Donald Kerr, Elvira Kramer, Mildred La Gue, Marjorie Lane, Eleanor Leigh, Lois Leigh, Evelyn LeRoy, Tom Lewis, Wanda Lyon, James Mack, Carolyn Maywood, Bobbie McCree, Ed. McHenry, Dolores Mendez, Emily Miles, Clyde Miller, John Miller, Marilynn Miller, John Mills, Helen Montague, Marion Mooney, Glory Mora, John T. Murray, Marie Nordstrom, O.E. Patapovitch, Vera Pearsall, Stafford Pemberton, Edith Pierce, Rosie Quinn, Viola Quinn, Frances Ramey, Trixie Raymond, Jessie Reed, Nora Reed, John Ross, Tess Rubin, Yvette Rugel, Edna Russell, 'Charles "Chic' Sale', Dorothy Scofield, George Shiller, Rae Shirley, William Singer, Daniel Sparks, Jean Staples, Clay Stearns, Reba Stewart, Thamara Swirskaia, Charles Thatcher, John Thomas, Fay Tunis, Alice Van Ryker, Leila Von Holk, Irene Wallace, Lorraine Waters, Effie Weston. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1911) Stage: Appeared (as "Henry Dwight") in "Hello, Paris" on Broadway. Book by William LeBaron. Music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Lyrics by J. Leubrie Hill. Musical Director: Charles Berton. Featuring songs by Ned Wayburn (also director) and A. Baldwin Sloane. Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Collin Davis. Musical revue. Folies-Bergere: 19 Aug 1911-30 Sep 1911 (38 performances). Cast: The Alabama Trio, Nita Allen, Poly Allison, Lucille Bloom, Minerva Coverdale, Zaini Curzon, Marie Earle, Frances Folsom, Fougere, Esther Fougere, Lottie Franklyn, Dorothy Godfrey, Bessie Gray, Clyde Hall, Rena Hoffman, Ysobel Jason, Harry Laughlin, Harry Leonard, Living Statuary Groups, Ethel Lytle, Jean Marcel, James J. Morton, Earle Mountain, Robert O'Neill, Harry Pilcer (as "Johnny Sikes"), Edith Rose, Dottie Wang, Bun Wheeler, Al White. Produced by Henry B. Harris and Jesse L. Lasky. NOTE: Rosamond Johnson was the first African-American to conduct a white cast in the New York theatre.
- Playwright: "Hey, Rookie" (filmed as Hey, Rookie (1944)).
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