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I'd Rather Be Right

(Original Broadway Production, 1937)

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Production Information
Opening:November 02, 1937
Closing:July 09, 1938
# Performances:290
Theatres:Music Box Theatre
(6/1/1938 - 7/9/1938)
Music Box Theatre
(5/23/1938 - 7/9/1938)
Alvin Theatre
(11/2/1937 - ?)
Alvin Theatre
(11/2/1937 - ?)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
George S. Kaufman
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Director
(Book Staging)
Ned McGurn
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Choreographer
Donald Oenslager
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Scenic Designer
Irene Sharaff
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Costume Designer
Charles Weidman
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Choreographer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Joseph Allen
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A Butler
David Allman
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Performer
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The Secretary of the Navy
Florenz Ames
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Performer
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James B. Maxwell
Al Atkins
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Performer
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The Secretary of Commerce
Jack Barnes
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The Minstrel
(American Couple)
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Dancing Boy
Virginia Berger
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Singing Girl
Sol Black
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Acrobat
Robert Bleck
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Performer
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The Secretary of Agriculture
Jeanette Bradley
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The Nurse
(American Couple)
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Dancing Girl
Charles Bywater
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Singing Boy
Cecil Carey
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Singing Girl
Donald C. Carter
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A Seal
(American Couple)
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Dancing Boy
John Cherry
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Performer
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The Chief Justice
Ruth Clayton
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Singing Girl
George M. Cohan
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Performer
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The President of the United States
Marie Louise Dana
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The President's Mother
Norman Van Emburgh
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Singing Boy
Martin Fair
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Clown
(American Couple)
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Dancing Boy
Bijou Fernandez
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Performer
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The Secretary of Labor
Len Frank
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Singing Boy
Kate Frederic
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Dancing Girl
Kate Friedlich
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Performer
John Fulco
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Singing Boy
Ralph Glover
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Performer
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President's Secretary
Ruth Gormley
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Dancing Girl
Joseph Granville
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Another Mother
(American Couple)
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Singing Boy
Marion Green
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Performer
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The Secretary of State
Geraldine Hamilton
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Singing Girl
Edward Harrington
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Best Man
(American Couple)
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Dancing Boy
Joy Hodges
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Performer
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Peggy Jones
Taylor Holmes
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Performer
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The Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Howard
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Dancing Boy
Jay Hunter
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Dancing Boy
Jack Kearney
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Singing Boy
Linda Kellogg
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Singing Girl
Georgette Lampsi
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Dancing Girl
Jeanette Lee
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Dancing Girl
Jack Leslie
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Singing Boy
Robert Less
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Performer
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The Attorney-General
Velma Lord
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Dancing Girl
Joseph Macaulay
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Federal Theatre Director
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Tony
Lili Mann
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The Teacher
(American Couple)
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Dancing Girl
William Marel
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Singing Boy
Austin Marshall
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Performer
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Phil Barker
Irene McBride
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The Mother
(American Couple)
Charles McLoughlin
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Performer
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The Secretary of the Interior
John McQuade
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Singing Boy
Evelyn Mills
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Sistie
Jack Mills
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Performer
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The Secretary of War
Warren Mills
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The Son
(American Couple)
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Buzzie
Marie Nash
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Singing Girl
Fred Nay
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The Father
(American Couple)
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Dancing Boy
Austra Neiman
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Bareback Rider
(American Couple)
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Dancing Girl
Paul Parks
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Performer
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The Postmaster General
Erminie Randolph
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Singing Girl
Jack Reynolds
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Acrobat
Jane Richardson
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Singing Girl
Tina Rigat
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Another Mother
(American Couple)
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Dancing Girl
Margaret Sande
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Son's Girl
(American Couple)
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The Girl
(American Couple)
Patsy Schenk
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Dancing Girl
Betty Schlaffer
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Dancing Girl
Clarise Sitomer
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A Flower Girl
(American Couple)
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Dancing Girl
Bob Spencer
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Singing Boy
Emily Stephenson
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Singing Girl
Georgie Tapps
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The Boy
(American Couple)
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The Son, grown up
(American Couple)
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Social Service Messenger
Beau Tilden
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Dancing Boy
Joe Verdi
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Joe
Dorothy Waller
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Dancing Girl
Mary Jane Walsh
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Singing Girl
Jack Whitney
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A Photographer
(American Couple)
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Ringmaster
(American Couple)
Eleanor De Witt
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Dancing Girl
Herbert Wood
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Singing Boy
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