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Keep Off the Grass

(Original Broadway Production, 1940)

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Production Information
Opening:May 23, 1940
Closing:June 29, 1940
# Performances:44
Theatres:Broadhurst Theatre
(5/23/1940 - 6/29/1940)
Broadhurst Theatre
(5/23/1940 - 6/29/1940)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
George Balanchine
....
Choreographer
Fred De Cordova
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Director
(Stage Director)
Edward Duryea Dowling
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Lighting Designer
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Director
(Book Direction)
Nat Karson
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Costume Designer
....
Scenic Designer
Hans Spialek
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Orchestrator
Don Walker
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Orchestrator
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Blondie
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Dorothy Thompson
(Misinformation, Please)
La Motte Dodson's Monkeys
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Performer
Larry Adler
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"The Old Park Bench" Singer
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"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant
Ray Arnett
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Dancing Young Man
Billie Bernice
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Dancing Young Lady
Mimi Berry
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Dancing Young Lady
Peanuts Bohn
....
The Valet
(A Fugitive From Esquire)
....
Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
....
First Gravedigger
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
....
Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
....
Dr. Gillespie
(The Tree Doctor)
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"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
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"The Old Park Bench" Singer
....
"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant
Ray Bolger
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The Tiger
(Hormones)
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Thirsty Man
(The Fountain)
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"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer
....
"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Singer
....
"Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer
....
"Old Jitterbug" Dancer
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"Old Jitterbug" Singer
....
"Raffles" Dancer
....
"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer
....
"This is Winter" Dancer
Betty Bruce
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"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer
....
"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Singer
....
"I'll Applaud You With My Feet" Singer/Dancer
....
"Look Out For My Heart" Dancer
....
"Raffles" Dancer
Virginia Burke
....
The Morelli Singers
Martha Burnett
....
Bird Lover
(Birds)
....
The Morelli Singers
Imogen Carpenter
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Bird Lover
(Birds)
....
Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
....
The Morelli Singers
Ilka Chase
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Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
....
She
(Romantique)
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Juliet
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
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Thirsty Woman
(The Fountain)
....
"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer
Gloria Clare
....
Dancing Young Lady
Harriet Clarke
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Dancing Young Lady
John Coy
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Dancing Young Man
Margie Dale
....
Dancing Young Lady
Maude Davis
....
The Interloper
(Birds)
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Playgoer
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
Fred Deming
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"Raffles" Dancer
....
Dancing Young Man
Helen Devlin
....
Dancing Young Lady
Henry Dick
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"Raffles" Dancer
La Motte Dodson
....
Announcer
(Misinformation, Please)
Jimmy Durante
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The Fugitive
(A Fugitive From Esquire)
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Mulligan
(Hormones)
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Clifton Fadiman
(Misinformation, Please)
....
Guide
(Museum Piece)
....
McSwindle
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
....
Dr. Kildare
(The Tree Doctor)
....
"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer
....
"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor
Hugh Ellsworth
....
"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer
....
"Clear Out of This World" Dancer
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"Look Out For My Heart" Dancer
....
"This Is Spring" Dancer
....
"This is Winter" Dancer
Esta Elman
....
Bird Lover
(Birds)
....
Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
....
The Morelli Singers
Jane Froman
....
The Girl
(Two in a Taxi)
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"Clear Out of This World" Singer
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"Look Out For My Heart" Singer
....
"This Is Spring" Singer
....
"This is Winter" Singer
Gloria Gaffey
....
Dancing Young Lady
Peggy Gallimore
....
Dancing Young Lady
Jackie Gleason
....
The Valet
(A Fugitive From Esquire)
....
A Salesman
(Hormones)
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Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
....
Tybalt
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
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The Cop
(The Fountain)
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Dr. Christian
(The Tree Doctor)
....
"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
....
"The Old Park Bench" Singer
....
"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant
Emmett Kelly
....
Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
....
"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
....
"The Old Park Bench" Singer
Ann Lass
....
Dancing Young Lady
Lynn Lawrence
....
Bird Lover
(Birds)
....
Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
....
The Morelli Singers
June Leroy
....
Dancing Young Lady
Jose Limon
....
Performer
Peggy Littlejohn
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Dancing Young Lady
Lois Martin
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Dancing Young Lady
Mary Joan Martin
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Dancing Young Lady
John McAuley
....
He
(Romantique)
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Billings
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
....
Dr. Bush
(The Tree Doctor)
Margery Moore
....
"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer
....
"Clear Out of This World" Dancer
....
"Old Jitterbug" Dancer
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"Raffles" Dancer
....
"This Is Spring" Dancer
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"This is Winter" Dancer
Hal Neiman
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The Valet
(A Fugitive From Esquire)
....
Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
....
White
(Shakespeare's-A-Poppin)
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Park Attendant
(The Fountain)
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Commissioner
(The Tree Doctor)
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"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
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"The Old Park Bench" Singer
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"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant
Virginia O'Brien
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Performer
Sunnie O'Dea
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"Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer
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"Old Jitterbug" Dancer
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"Old Jitterbug" Singer
Jane Gray Petri
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Dancing Young Lady
Nan Rae
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The Lecturer
(Birds)
Jerry Robbins
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Dancing Young Man
June Le Roy
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Dancing Young Lady
Robert Shackleton
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Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
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Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
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Dr. Watson
(The Tree Doctor)
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The Boy
(Two in a Taxi)
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"Clear Out of This World" Singer
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"Look Out For My Heart" Singer
Jerry Shepherd
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Dancing Young Man
Bob Sidney
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Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
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"Raffles" Dancer
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"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
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Dancing Young Man
Jane Starner
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The Morelli Singers
Aileen Stone
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Bird Lover
(Birds)
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Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
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The Morelli Singers
Sylvia Stone
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The Morelli Singers
Saint Subber
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Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
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Bootblack
(The Fountain)
Frances Tannehill
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Bird Lover
(Birds)
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Park Stroller
(The Fountain)
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The Morelli Singers
Lee Tannen
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Dancing Young Man
The Toreadors
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Performer
Bela de Tuscan
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"Look Out For My Heart" Fencer
Joanna de Tuscan
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"Look Out For My Heart" Fencer
Daphne Vane
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"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer
....
"Clear Out of This World" Dancer
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"Raffles" Dancer
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"This Is Spring" Dancer
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"This is Winter" Dancer
Sid Walker
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The Valet
(A Fugitive From Esquire)
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Art Lover
(Museum Piece)
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Dr. Cyclops
(The Tree Doctor)
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"The Cabby's Serenade" Singer
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"The Old Park Bench" Singer
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"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant
Mimi Walthers
....
Dancing Young Lady
Don Weissmuller
....
"Raffles" Dancer
....
Dancing Young Man
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