Other works

(1950 - 1963) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1950) Stage Play: Burning Bright. Written by John Steinbeck. Lighting and Scenic Design Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Broadhurst Theatre: 18 Oct 1950- 28 Oct 1950 (13 performances). Cast: Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Mordeen"), Howard Da Silva (as "Friend Ed"), Kent Smith (as "Joe Saul"), Martin E. Brooks [credited as Martin Brooks] (as "Victor") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Theatre trivia: The theatre opened in 1917, and was built by J.J. Shubert and Lee Shubert was named after playwright-producer-director-lyricist George Broadhurst (1866- 1952) who was active there from 1896-1924. Broadhurst was made co-manager of the theatre and it has remained one of the most successful venues on Broadway.

(1950) Stage Play: An Enemy of the People (Revival).

(1951) Stage Play: I Am a Camera. Drama. Written by John Van Druten. Based on "The Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Boris Aronson. Directed by John Van Druten. Empire Theatre: 28 Nov 1951- 12 Jul 1952 (214 performances). Cast: Julie Harris (as "Sally Bowles"), William Prince (as "Christopher Isherwood"), Edward Andrews (as "Clive Mortimer"), Martin E. Brooks [credited as Martin Brooks] (as "Fritz Wendel"), Olga Fabian (as "Fraulein Schneider"), Catherine Willard (as "Mrs. Watson-Courtneidge"), Marian Winters (as "Natalia Landauer"). Produced by Gertrude Macy. Produced in association with Walter Starcke. Note: Filmed as Cabaret (1972).

(1956) Stage Play: Night of the Auk. Science fiction. Written by Arch Oboler. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Howard Bay. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Plymouth Theatre: 3 Dec 1956- 8 Dec 1956 (8 performances). Cast: Martin E. Brooks [credited as Martin Brooks] (as "Lt. Jan Kephart"), Wendell Corey (as "Colonel Tom Russell"), Christopher Plummer (as" Lewis Rohmen"), Claude Rains, Dick York (as "Lt. Mac Martman") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.

(1958) Stage Play: Goldilocks. Musical comedy.

(1962) Stage Play: In the Counting House. Written by Leslie Weiner. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by David Hays. Directed by Arthur Penn. Biltmore Theatre: 13 Dec 1962- 15 Dec 1962 (4 performances + 2 previews that began on 12 Dec 1962). Cast: Sydney Chaplin (as "Woody Hartman"), Howard Da Silva (as "Max Hartman"), Sol Frieder (as "Freddy Wexler"), Harold Gary (as "Sam Bader"), Lou Gilbert (as "Harry Stein"), Kay Medford (as "Mary Buckley"), Barbara Murray (as "Madeline Hanes"), Robert Pastene (as "Jack Gabriel"), Nancy R. Pollock (as "Vera Stern"), Paul E. Richards (as "Arnold Dreyer"), Melvin Stewart (as "John Bell"). Understudies: Martin E. Brooks [credited as Martin Brooks] (as "Woody Hartman"), Ben Hammer (as "Max Hartman") and Kate Wilkinson (as "Mary Buckley"). Produced by David J. Cogan.

(1963) Stage Play: The Advocate. Drama.