- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- St. Louis Woman (1946). Musical. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Book by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen. Based on the novel "God Sends Sunday" by Arna Bontemps. Musical Director: Leon Leonardi. Choreographed by Charles Walters. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 30 Mar 1946- 6 Jul 1946 (113 performances). Cast: Pearl Bailey (as "Butterfly"), J. Mardo Brown (as "Drum Major"), Herbert Coleman (as "Piggie"), Yvonne Coleman, Joseph Eady, Lorenzo Fuller (as "Joshua"), Frank Green, Juanita Hall (as "Leah"), June Hawkins, Ruby Hill, Rex Ingram (as "Biglow Brown"), Carrington Lewis (as "Waiter"), Fayard Nicholas (as "Barney"), Harold Nicholas (as "Li'l Augie"), Richard Pope, Maude Russell (as "The Hostess"), Louis Sharp (as "Slim"), Elwood Smith (as "Ragsdale"), Merritt Smith (as "Pembroke"), Creighton Thompson (as "Preacher") [Broadway debut], Charles Welch, Milton J. Williams, Milton Wood. Produced by Edward Gross.
- Street Scene (1947). Musical/drama. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Langston Hughes. Book by Elmer Rice. Based on the play by Elmer Rice. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical Staging by Anna Sokolow. Directed by Charles Friedman. Adelphi Theatre: 9 Jan 1947- 17 May 1947 (148 performances). Cast: Helen Arden (as "Greta Fiorentino"), Sheila Bond (as "Mae Jones"), Bennett Burrill (as "Charlie Hildebrand"), Ellen Carleen (as "Nursemaid"), Joyce Carrol (as "Music Pupil"), Norma Chambers (as "Shirley Kaplan"), Norman Cordon (as "Frank Maurrant"), Marion Covey (as "Graduate"), Danny Daniels (as "Dick McGann"), Hope Emerson (as "Emma Jones"), Helen Ferguson (as "Grace Davis"), Juliana Gallagher (as "Mary Hildbrand"), Russell George (as "Milkman"), Lauren Gilbert (as "Steve Sankey"), Peter Griffith (as "Willie Maurrant"), Zosia Gruchala (as "Graduate"), Beverly Janis (as "Jennie Hildebrand"), Anne Jeffreys (as "Rose Maurrant"), Irving Kaufman (as "Abraham Kaplan"), Ellen Lane (as "Laura Hildebrand"), Paul Lilly (as "Fred Cullen"), Remo Lota (as "Daniel Buchanan"), Roy Munsell (as "Interne"), Edwin G. O'Connor (as "Dr. John Wilson"), Robert Pierson (as "Vincent Jones"), Sydney Rayner (as "Lippo Fiorentino"), Edward Reichert (as "Old-Clothes Man"), Ellen Repp (as "Olga Olsen"), Don Saxon (as "Harry Easter"), Joseph E. Scandur (as "Husband"), Wilson Smith (as "Carl Olsen"), Polyna Stoska (as "Anna Maurrant"), Brian Sullivan (as "Sam Kaplan"), John Sweet (as "Ambulance Driver"), Randolph Symonette (as "City Marshall James Henry"), Ernest Taylor (as "Policeman"), David E. Thomas (as "George Jones"), Creighton Thompson (as "Henry Davis"), Norman Thompson (as "Officer Harry Murphy"), Peggy Turnley (as "Nursemaid"), Bette Van (as "Wife"). Produced by Dwight Wiman and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- The Gentleman From Athens (1947). Comedy. Written by Emmet Lavery. Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang. Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang. Directed by Sam Wanamaker. Mansfield Theatre: 9 Dec 1947- 13 Dec 1947 (7 performances). Cast: Edith Atwater (as "Lee Kilpatrick"), Leonard Auerbach (as "Radio and Newsreel Crew"), Leopold Badia (as "Congressman Andrews"), Ethel Browning (as "Miss Mary Kilpatrick"), Feodor Chaliapin (as "Igor Stepenov"), Oliver Crawford (as "Radio and Newsreel Crew"), Elsie May Gordon (as "Congressman Stringley"), Gavin Gordon (as "Big Ed Lawrence"), Alan Hewitt (as "Morgan Kilpatrick"), Arthur Jarrett (as "Congressman Harnell"), Lorance Kerr (as "News Reel Director"), Edward B. Latimer (as "Congressman Borgsen"), Lou Polan (as "Mike Rykowski"), Anthony Quinn (as "Hon. Stephen Socrates Christopher"), Franks Rowan Radio and Newsreel Crew"), Creighton Thompson (as "Daniel") [final Broadway role], Watson White (as "Cousin Vincent Kilpatrick"). Produced by Martin Gosch and Eunice Healy.
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