- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- The Pirate (1942). Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Suggested by an idea in a play by Ludwig Fulda. Incidental music by Herbert Kingsley. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White; Assistant to Mr. White: Sylvia Saal. Choreographed by Felicia Sorel. Directed by Alfred Lunt and John C. Wilson Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Nov 1942- 27 Apr 1943 (177 performances). Cast: Alfred Lunt (as "Serafin"), Lynn Fontanne (as "Manuela"), David Bethe, John Brown, Adolphus Cheatham, Herbert Cowens, Wilbur De Paris, Emilio Denti, Clarence Derwent (as "Viceroy"), John Dixon, Maurice Ellis, Robert Emhardt, Jeffery Etheridge, Peter Garey (as "Viceroy's Guard"), Eddie Gibbs, Ruby Greene, Juanita Hall (as "Mango Seller"), Bruce Howard, Anna Jackson, Jules Johnson, Martha Jones, Clare Keith, William LeMassena, Fredye Marshall, Emmet Matthews, Inez Matthews (as "Maid to Isabella"), Guy Moneypenny, Walter Mosby, James O'Neill, Lea Penman (as "Isabella"), Albert Popwell, Muriel Rahn, Alan Reed (as "Pedro Vargas"), Max Rich, Charles Swain, Eloise Uggams, Joseph Washington, Lavinia White (as "Maid to Manuela"), Carol Wilson, Estelle Winwood (as "Ines"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard) and The Theatre Guild.
- Run, Little Chillun (1943). Drama (revival). Music by Hall Johnson; Written by Hall Johnson. Musical Director: Hall Johnson. Production Supervised by Lew Cooper. Directed by Clarence Muse. Hudson Theatre: 11 Aug 1943- 26 Aug 1943 (16 performances). Cast: John Alele (as "Chorus"), Roger Alford (as "Brother Absalom Brown/Novitiate"), Myrtle Anderson (as "Mame, of Toomer's Bottom"), Viola Anderson (as "Belle, of Toomer's Bottom"), Olive Ball (as "The Rev. Sister Luella Strong"), Service Bell (as "Elder Tongola, Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims"), Alfred Bledger (as "Dancer"), Miriam Burton (as "Bessiola Hicks/Pilgrim Choir"), Howard Carter (as "Pilgrim Choir"), Maggie Carter (as "Sister Judy Ann Hicks"), Thornton Cherokee (as "Chorus"), Sylvanna Cole (as "Chorus"), Ruth Collins (as "Pilgrim Choir"), William O. Davis (as "Brother Goliath Simpson/Novitiate"), Helen Dowdy (as "Ella"), Roxie Foster (as "Dancer"), Awilda Frazier (as "Organist"), Olive Gordon (as "Dancer"), Frank Green (as "Dancer"), Bessie Guy (as "Sister Mattie Fullilove"), Clarence Harris (as "Blind Man"), Edna Mae Harris (as "Sulamai"), Mabel Hart (as "Dancer"), Robert Harvey (as "Brother Esau Redd, Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church"), Adolph Henderson (as "Sexton of the Hope Baptist Church"), Elijah Hodges (as "Novitiate/Brother George W. Jenkins"), Charles Holland (as "Charlie/Singer"), Martin James (as "Chorus"), James Jones (as "Novitiate"), Lulu B. King (as "Sue Scott, of Toomer's Bottom"), Rosalie King (as "Sister Mahalie Ockletree"), Okey Lawson (as "Chorus"), Robert Lopez (as "Dancer"), Fredye Marshall (as "Sister Mata, Priestess"), Means Mases (as "Chorus"), Inez Matthews (as "Soloist"), Violet McDowell (as "Mary Lou Mack"), Norma Miller (as "Dancer"), Walter Mosby (as "Brother Jo-Ba, Herald of Joy"), Joseph A. Noble (as "Dancer"), Bill O'Neil (as "Dancer"), Caleb Peterson (as Jim, Rev. Jones' Son"), Nyoka Pleasant (as "Dancer"), Bertha Powell (as "Sister Flossie Lou Little"), Geraldine Prillerman (as "Dancer"), James Flash Riley (as "Dancer"), Garfield Ritter (as "Dancer"), Lillian Roberts (as "Dancer"), Edwin Roche (as "Jeems Jackson/Pilgrim Choir"), Norma Ross (as "Dancer"), Gertrude Saunders (as "Gulamai's Mother"), Wardell Saunders (as "Brother Bartholomew Little/Novitiate"), Louis Sharp (as "The Rev. Jones, Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church"), P. Jay Sidney (as "Brother Moses, Young Priest"), Maude Simmons (as "Mother Kanda (as "Daughter of Tongola"), Joan Smith (as "Dancer"), Randall Steplight (as "Brother Jeremiah Johnson"), Andrew Taylor (as "Novitiate"), Eloise Uggams (as "Sister Lulu Jane Hunt"), Eva Vaughan (as "Sister Susie May Hunt"), Dorothy Williams (as "Dancer"), Enid Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Lew Cooper. Produced in association with Meyer Davis and George Jessel.
- Carmen Jones (1943). Musical.
- Lost in the Stars (1949). Musical/Tragedy. Book by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Music Box Theatre: 30 Oct 1949- 1 Jul 1950 (273 performances). Cast: Roy Allen, Leslie Banks, LaCoste Brown, Robert Byrn, Sibol Cain, Herbert Coleman, Warren Coleman, Joseph Crawford, Todd Duncan, La Verne French (as "The Young Man"), Russell George, William Greaves (as "Matthew Kumalo"), Charles Grunwell, Sheila Guyse, Mabel Hart, Georgette Harvey, Alma Hubbard, Joseph James, Gertrude Jeannette (as "Grace Kumalo") [Broadway debut], Mark Kramer, Moses La Mar, Elen Longone, Paul Mario, William Marshall, Inez Matthews (as "Irina"), Julian Mayfield, Robert McFerrin, June McMechen, Charles McRae, John Morley (as "Arthur Jarvis"), Van Prince, Biruta Ramoska, Judson Rees, Elayne Richards, Frank Roane, Jerome Shaw, Gloria Smith, William C. Smith (as "Jared"), Guy Spaull, Christine Spencer, John W. Stanley, Constance Stokes, Joseph Theard, Lucretia West. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Kurt Weill, John F. Wharton). Note: Music Box Theatre owned and operated by Irving Berlin and The Estate of Sam H. Harris.
- Carmen Jones (1945). Musical (revival).
- (September 21, 1942) She acted in S.N. Behrman's play, "The Pirate," in a Theatre Guild production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Jack Smart, Lea Penman, Estelle Winwood, James O'Neill, Albert Popwell, Maurice Ellis, Walter Mosby, Robert Emhardt, William La Massena, Muriel Rahn, Reynolds Denniston, Ruby Greene, Anna Jackson, Lavinia White, Juanita Hall, and Peter Garey in the cast. Based on an idea by Ludwig Fulda. Herbert Kingsley was composer. Lemuel Ayres was set designer. Miles White was costume designer. Alfred Lunt and John C. Wilson were also directors.
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