- (1951) Stage Play: Top Banana. Musical comedy. Adaptation by H.S. Kraft. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Music by Johnny Mercer. Directed by Jack Donohue. Winter Garden Theatre: 1 Nov 1951- 4 Oct 1952 (350 performances). Cast: Phil Silvers (as "Jerry Biffle"), Jack Albertson (as "Vic Davis"), Florence Baum, Marion Burke, Dean Campbell, Nikki Cellini, Zachary A. Charles, Donald Covert, Sara Dillon, Lindy Doherty, Herbie Faye, Joey Faye, Herb Fields, Joan Fields, Ed Hanley, Mary Harmon, Ken Harvey, Bradford Hatton, Claude Heater, Eve Hebert, Betsy Holland, Bill Joyce, B.J. Keating, Bob Kole, John Laverty, Hal Loman, Douglas Luther, Judy Lynn, George Marcy [credited as George Marci], Rose Marie (as "Betty Dillon") [Broadway debut], Don McKay, Ted (Sport) Morgan, Basha Regis, Bob Scheerer, Laurel Shelby, Judy Sinclair, Joy Skylar, Gloria Smith, Vivian Smith, Walter Stane, Bill Sumner, Thelma Tadlock, Johnny Trama, Ken Urmston, Walter Wahl, Polly Ward, Beverly Weston. Produced by Paula Stone and Michael Sloane. Note: Mr. Silvers won a Tony award (Best Actor in Musical). Production on hiatus during most of Aug 1952.
- (1951 - 1969) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1955) Stage Play: Damn Yankees. Musical comedy. Written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, from Wallop's novel "The Year of the Yankees." Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop. From the novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" by Douglass Wallop. Musical Director: Hal Hastings. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Roger Adams. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Bob Fosse. Directed by George Abbott. 46th Street Theater (moved to The Adelphi Theatre (6 May 1957- close): 5 May 1955 (1019 performances). Cast: Stephen Douglass (as "Joe Hardy"), Gwen Verdon (as "Lola "), Ray Walston (as "Applegate"), Rae Allen (as "Gloria Thorpe"), Richard Bishop (as "Welch"), Shannon Bolin (as "Meg Boyd"), Frank Bouley (as "Singer"), Russ Brown (as "Van Buren"), Fred Bryan, Betty Carr (as "Dancer"), Ronn Cummins, Cherry Davis (as "Teen-Ager/Singer"), Robert Evans (as "Dancer"), Timmy Everett (as "Dancer"), Patricia Ferrier (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Smokey"), Jeanne Grant (as "Singer"), Marlyn Greer (as "Dancer"), Janet Hayes (as "Singer"), Del Horstmann (as "Lynch/Commissioner/Singer"), Elizabeth Howell (as "Doris"), Janie Janvier (as "Miss Weston/Singer"), William Joyce (as "Dancer"), Harvey Jung (as "Dancer"), Joan Keenan (as "Singer"), Marie Kolin (as "Dancer"), James Komack (as "Rocky") [credited as Jimmie Komack], Al Lanti (as "Henry/Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Vernon/Postmaster/Singer"), Suzanne Lovell (as "Singer"), Ralph Lowe (as "Singer"), George Marcy (as "Guard/Dancer"), Julia Marlowe, Svetlana McLee, Eddie Phillips, Jackie Scholle, Robert Shafer (as "Joe Boyd"), Jean Stapleton (as "Sister"), Ralph Strane, Mark Ward. Produced by Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince. Produced in association with Albert B. Taylor. Note: Filmed as Damn Yankees (1958).
- (1956) Stage Play: The Littlest Revue. Musical. Sketches by: Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Eudora Welty, Mike Stewart, George Baxt, Bud McCreery, Allan Manings and Robert Van Scoyk. Music by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke. Additional music and lyrics by John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, John Strauss, Sidney Shaw, Sammy Cahn and Michael Brown. Musical Director: Will Irwin. Music orchestrated by John Strauss. Additional orchestrations by: Joe Glover and Tommy Goodman. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Conceived by Ben Bagley. Directed by Paul Lammers. Phoenix Theatre: 22 May 1956- 17 Jun 1956 (32 performances). Cast: Beverley Bozeman (as "Young Woman/Sister/Evans/Show Girl"), Joel Grey (as "Compere/Son/The Vice-President/The Window Washer/Prime Minister"), Tammy Grimes (as "Woman/Mom/Compere/Violet Whichaway"), Mary Harmon (as "Show Girl/Slave Girl"), Dorothy Jarnac (as "Daughter-in-law/The Gamin/Show Girl"), George Marcy (as "Junior/Compere/Wrecker/Escort/Judge"), Tommy Morton (as "Man/Grandfather/Wrecker/Escort/Cop/H. Drexel Groves"), Charlotte Rae (as "Compere/Old Woman/Ecstasy/The Secretary/Millicent Fortescue/Brunhilde Benzine/Mrs. McKenzie"), Larry Storch (as "Man/Dad/The Playwright/Desmond Dupree/Prince") [Broadway debut]. Understudies: Mary Harmon, Jack Kauflin. Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director. Norris Houghton: Co-Founder).
- (1969) Stage Play: Billy. Musical. Music by Ron Dante and Gene Allan. Lyrics by Ron Dante and Gene Allan. Book by Stephen Glassman. Suggested by "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville. Incidental music by Wally Harper. Musical Director: Jack Lee. Music orchestrated by Ronald Frangipane. Dance arrangements by Coleridge Perkinson. Musical Staging by Grover Dale. Directed by Arthur A. Seidelman. Billy Rose Theatre: 22 Mar 1969 (1 performance + 21 previews). Produced by Bruce W. Stark. Produced in association with Joseph H. Shoctor.
- (October 20, 1952) He acted in the musical, "Top Banana," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Phil Silvers, Kaye Ballard, Jack Albertson, Judy Lynn, Johnny Coy, Joey Faye, Herbie Faye, Walter Dare Wahl, Bradford Hatton, Dick Dana, Johnny Trama, Gloria Smith, "Flash" Hogan and Danny Scholl in the cast. Johnny Mercer wrote the music and lyrics. Hy Kraft wrote the book. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Alvin Colt was costume designer. Ron Fletcher was choreographer. Jack Donahue was director. Paula Stone and Mike Sloane were producers.
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