Coby Ruskin(1911-1987)

Stage: Appeared in (as "Principal"; Broadwau debut) / directed "Sing for Your Supper" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Lee Wainer and Ned Lehac. Book by Harold Hecht, David Lesan, Turner Bullock, Charlotte Kent and John La Touche. Lyrics by Robert Sour. Scenic Design by Herbert Andrews. Costume Design by Mary Merrill. Lighting Design by Feder. Directed by H. Gordon Graham, Harold Hecht and Robert H. Gordon. Adelphi Theatre: 24 Apr 1939-30 Jun 1939 (44 performances). Cast: Theresa Alvarez (as "Principal"), Spencer Barnes (as "Ensemble"), J. Mae Batie (as "Negro Tapper"), Joseph Belsky (as "Modern Dancer"), John Berry (as "Negro Tapper"), Bidda Blakeley (as "Principal"), Naomi Bodine (as "Modern Dancer"), Virginia Bolen (as "Principal"), Willis Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Doris Bramble (as "Negro Tapper"), William Britten (as "Principal"), Mann Brown (as "Modern Dancer"), William Brown (as "Negro Tapper"), John Campbell (as "Principal"), Carl Chapin (as "Principal"), Marjorie Church (as "Modern Dancer"), Bonnie Clarke (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Clarke (as "Principal"), William Clayton (as "Ensemble"), Lenore Cobb (as "Negro Tapper"), Eva Connell (as "Ensemble"), John Connolly (as "Modern Dancer"), Edwin Cooper (as "Principal"), Peggy Coudray (as "Principal"), Carol Coult (as "Principal"), George DeFour (as "Negro Tapper"), Muni Diamond (as "Principal"), Leon Diggs (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Donaldson (as "Principal"), St. Clair Dotson (as "Negro Tapper"), Ethel Drayton (as "Ensemble"), James Eakins (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Ehrlich (as "Ensemble"), William Elliott (as "Modern Dancer"), Genora English (as "Principal" / "Ensemble"), Richard Finlayson (as "Principal"), Rufus Finlayson (as "Principal"), Walter Franklyn (as "Ensemble"), Hilaria Friend (as "Negro Tapper"), Edward Fuller (as "Principal"), William Garrett (as "Modern Dancer"), Dorothy Gee (as "Negro Tapper"), Trudy Goodrich (as "Ensemble"), Iris Griffith (as "Negro Tapper"), Edith Groome (as "Principal"), Edward Gutter (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Hall (as "Ensemble"), Lena Halsey (as "Ensemble"), Harry Hart (as "Ensemble"), Roslyn Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Edward Hemmer (as "Ensemble"), Roy Holland (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Holt (as "Ensemble"), Minnie Hylton (as "Ensemble"), Paul Jachia (as "Principal"), Theresa Jentry (as "Negro Tapper"), Augustina Josephs (as "Ensemble"), Louise Kelly (as "Principal" / "Ensemble"), Ruth LaMarr (as "Negro Tapper"), Julia Lane (as "Modern Dancer"), Israel Lansky (as "Modern Dancer"), Paula Laurence (as "Principal"), Edward Le Due (as "Principal"), Walter Le Roy (as "Ensemble"), Adele Leo (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lieb (as "Modern Dancer"), Ruth Lindsay (as "Negro Tapper"), Eve Lord (as "Modern Dancer"), Alec Lovejoy (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Mansfield (as "Modern Dancer"), Anne Marcus (as "Modern Dancer"), Blue McAllister (as "Negro Tapper"), Muriel McCrory (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Meyers (as "Ensemble"), Martin Michel (as "Modern Dancer"), James Mordecai (as "Principal/Negro Tapper"), William Myron (as "Principal"), Frank Newton (as "Principal"), Samuel Owens (as "Negro Tapper"), Andre Pampleton (as "Negro Tapper"), Ernest Pavano (as "Ensemble"), Theodora Peck (as "Principal"), Rose Poindexter (as "Negro Tapper"), Alice Ramsey (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Redd (as "Ensemble"), Libby Robinson (as "Negro Tapper"), Lou Rosen (as "Modern Dancer"), Attilio Salzano (as "Modern Dancer"), Georgette Schneer (as "Modern Dancer"), Emma Sealey (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Sealy (as "Negro Tapper"), Maurice Siegle (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Silvers (as "Modern Dancer"), Violet Smith (as "Ensemble"), Lee Speaks (as "Negro Tapper"), Sidney Stark (as "Modern Dancer"), Ruth Thompson (as "Ensemble"), Allen Tinney (as "Principal"), William Tinney (as "Principal"), Bowen Charleton Tufts III (as "Principal"), Dorothy Turner (as "Negro Tapper"), Virgil VanCleve (as "Ensemble"), Lily Verne (as "Modern Dancer"), Lee Wainer (as "Principal"), Muriel Watts (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Whitner (as "Principal"), George Whittington (as "Ensemble"), Allen Williams (as "Negro Tapper"), Hansford Wilson Principal"), Costello Woolridge (as "Negro Tapper"). Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA.