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The Show is On

(Original Broadway Production, 1936)

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Production Information
Opening:December 25, 1936
Closing:unknown
# Performances:236
Theatres:Winter Garden Theatre
(12/25/1936 - ?)
Winter Garden Theatre
(12/25/1936 - 7/17/1937)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
Robert Alton
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Choreographer
Robert Russell Bennett
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Orchestrator
(Additional Orchestrations)
Gordon Jenkins
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Orchestrator
Edward Clarke Lilley
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Director
(Sketches Director)
Harry Losee
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Choreographer
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Choreographer
("Casanova")
Vincente Minnelli
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Director
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Director
(Staging)
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Production Designer
Hans Spialek
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Orchestrator
(Additional Orchestrations)
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Marion Allen
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
Vera Allen
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Performer
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Mrs. Smith
(Box Office)
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Aunt Ophelia
(Cakewalk)
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Niesa
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Desdemona
(Prologue)
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Supporting Cast
(The Reading of the Play)
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Sybil Hutchins
(Titania)
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Tatiana
(Tovarich)
Gene Ashley
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"Josephine Waters" Performer
Gracie Barrie
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Performer
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Eliza
(Cakewalk)
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"By Strauss" Performer
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"Casanova" Performer
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"Long As You've Got Your Health" Performer
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"Now" Performer
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"The Show Goes On" Performer
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"The Show is On" Performer
Hazel Boffinger
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
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Page Girl
(Buy Yourself a Balloon)
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The Broth
(Prologue)
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Supporting Cast
(The Reading of the Play)
Kenneth Bostock
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Casanova's Major Domo
(Casanova)
Mary Ann Carr
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The Grand Duchess
(Casanova)
Marie Carroll
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Performer
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Fanny
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Juliet
(Prologue)
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Supporting Cast
(The Reading of the Play)
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Mrs. Jackson
(Tovarich)
Andre Charise
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Simon Legree
(Cakewalk)
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The Grand Duke
(Casanova)
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Pierre
(The Reading of the Play)
Roy Campbell's Continentals
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Performer
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The Angels of the Show
(Prologue)
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"Parade Night" Performer
Dorothy Daly
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
Doris Donaldson
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The Spirit of '76
(Burlesque)
Helen Ecklund
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Third Girl
(Burlesque)
Hugh Ellsworth
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Lawyer Marks
(Cakewalk)
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Casanova's Secretary
(Casanova)
Peggy Gallimore
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The Spirit of '76
(Burlesque)
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The Three Witches
(Prologue)
Reginald Gardiner
....
Performer
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Al Fleegle
((There's) Rhythm (in That Heart of Mine))
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John Gielgud
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Shakespeare
(Prologue)
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Mr. Higgins
(Taxes! Taxes!)
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Flyde Twitch
(The Reading of the Play)
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Prime Minister
(Titania)
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"Burlesque" Announcer
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"Strawcuffsky" Performer
Paul Haakon
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Performer
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Casanova
(Casanova)
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"Now" Dancer
Pearl Harris
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Topsy
(Cakewalk)
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The Three Witches
(Prologue)
Irene Kelly
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Madame Pompadour
(Burlesque)
Jerrie Koban
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Second Girl
(Burlesque)
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Casanova's Mistress
(Casanova)
Bert Lahr
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Performer
....
A Critic
(Box Office)
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Putty Nose
(Burlesque)
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Bert Larrimore
(Taxes! Taxes!)
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Ronald Taylor
(Titania)
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Mihael
(Tovarich)
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"Epilogue" Performer
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"Song of the Woodman" Performer
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"Woof" Performer
Jane Lane
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First Girl
(Burlesque)
Beatrice Lillie
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Performer
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Go Go Benuti
((There's) Rhythm (in That Heart of Mine))
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Treasurer
(Box Office)
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A Strip Teaser
(Burlesque)
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Mrs. Slemp
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Mlle. Leonore
(The Reading of the Play)
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"Buy Yourself a Balloon" Performer
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"Epilogue" Performer
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"Josephine Waters" Performer
Williem Van Loon
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Chloe
(Cakewalk)
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The Doge of Venice
(Casanova)
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Stage Manager
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Rosencranz
(Prologue)
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Alphonse
(The Reading of the Play)
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"Josephine Waters" Performer
Mitzi Mayfair
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Performer
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"By Strauss" Dancer
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"Little Old Lady" Performer
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"Long as You've Got Your Health" Dancer
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"What Has He Got?" Performer
Jack McCauley
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Performer
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Brooks Hall
(Box Office)
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The Straight Man
(Burlesque)
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Gielgud's Manager
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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King Lear
(Prologue)
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Armand
(The Reading of the Play)
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A Visitor
(Tovarich)
June McNulty
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The Three Witches
(Prologue)
Gertrude Medwin
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Queen Elizabeth
(Burlesque)
Jean Moorehead
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
Marion Murray
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The Spirit of '76
(Burlesque)
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Cleopatra
(Prologue)
Gifford Nash
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Irate Gentleman
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Brutus
(Prologue)
Fred Nay
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Uncle Tom
(Cakewalk)
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"Josephine Waters" Performer
Mortimer O'Brien
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The Cardinal
(Casanova)
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Gildenstern
(Prologue)
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Warren Bruce
(The Reading of the Play)
Paul Owen
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Sir Walter Raleigh
(Burlesque)
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Romeo
(Prologue)
Mary Phillips
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
Mischa Pompianov
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Casanova's Valet
(Casanova)
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Marc Antony
(Prologue)
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"Josephine Waters" Performer
Ralph Riggs
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Performer
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Mr. Brentwood
(Box Office)
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Major Domo
(Burlesque)
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Skeggs
(Cakewalk)
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Gielgud's Valet
(Mr. Gielgud Passes By)
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Shylock
(Prologue)
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Crunch
(Taxes! Taxes!)
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The Producer
(The Reading of the Play)
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Mr. Jackson
(Tovarich)
Harry Rogue
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Caesar's Ghost
(Prologue)
Polly Rose
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Maid
(Prologue)
Richard Satterfield
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Othello
(Prologue)
Robert Shafer
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Performer
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"By Strauss" Performer
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"Now" Performer
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"Parade Night" Performer
Sherry Stuart
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Fan Dancer
(Burlesque)
Evelyn Thawl
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Performer
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Little Eva
(Cakewalk)
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The Modern Girl
(Casanova)
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Ophelia
(Prologue)
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"Now" Dancer
Charles Walters
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Performer
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Malcolm St. Clair
(Cakewalk)
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"Little Old Lady" Performer
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"Long as You've Got Your Health" Dancer
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"What Has He Got?" Performer
Mildred Webb
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Casanova's Maid
(Casanova)
Duke Williams
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Fan Bearer
(Prologue)
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