Other works

(1947 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1947) Stage Play: The Cradle Will Rock. Musical/drama (revival). Book by Marc Blitzstein. Music and Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein. Musical Director: Howard Shanet. Conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Directed by Howard Da Silva. Mansfield Theatre (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 28 Jan 1948- close): 26 Dec 1947- 7 Feb 1948 (34 performances). Cast: Jack Albertson (as "Yasha"), Lucretia Anderson (as "Chorus"), Leonard Bernstein (as "Clerk"), Howard Blaine (as "President Prexy"), Edward Bryce (as "Gent/Bugs"), Robert Burr (as "Chorus"), Taggart Casey (as "Cop"), Rex Coston (as "First Reporter"), Chandler Cowles (as "Dauber"), Stephen West (as "Downer Steve"), Alfred Drake (as "Larry Foreman"), Brooks Dunbar (as "Editor Daily"), John Fleming (as "Chorus"), Ray Fry (as "Professor Scoot"), Will Geer (as "Mr. Mister"), Edmund Hewitt (as "Professor Mamie"), Gil Houston (as "Second Reporter"), Jo Hurt (as "Sister Mister") [Broadway debut], Dennis King Jr. (as "Junior Mister"), Marie Leidal (as "Sadie Polock"), Leslie Litomy (as "Professor Trixie"), Estelle Loring (as "Moll"), Harold Patrick (as "Reverend Salvation"), Robert Pierson (as "Doctor Specialist"), Michael Pollock (as "Chorus"), Germaine Poulin (as "Chorus"), Napoleon Reed (as "Chorus"), Walter Scheff (as "Gus Polock"), Hazel Shermet (as "Attendant's Voice"), Muriel Smith (as "Ella Hammer"), David Thomas (as "Harry Druggist"), Vivian Vance (as "Mrs. Mister"), Gwen Ward (as "Chorus'), Jesse White' (as "Dick"). Produced by Michael Myerberg.

(1955) Stage Play: Plain and Fancy. Musical comedy. Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. Music by Albert Hague. Lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Vocal arrangements by Crane Calder. Orchestra and Chorus directed by Franz Allers. Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch. Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Costume Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Directed by 'Morton Da Costa'. Hellinger Theatre (moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 28 Feb 1955- 7 Nov 1955, then returned to The Mark Hellinger Theatre from 9 Nov 1955- close): 27 Jan 1955- 3 Mar 1956 (461 performances). Cast: Will Able (as "Jacob Yoder"), Sara Aman (as "Dancer"), Saint Amant (as "Dancer"), Nancy Andrews (as "Emma Miller"), Marilyn Bradley (as "Singer"), Paul Brown (as "Singer"), Ethel May Cody (as "Rachel"), Shirl Conway (as "Ruth Winters"), Barbara Cook (as "Hilda Miller"), Faith Daltry (as "Bessie/Singer"), David Daniels (as "Peter Reber"), Joan Darby (as "Dancer"), Imelda De Martin (as "Dancer"), John Dennis (as "A Man/Moses Zook/Singer"), Richard Derr (as "Dan King"), Crandall Diehl (as "Dancer"), Scotty Engel (as "A Young Miller"), Ina Hahn (as "Dancer"), Janet Hayes (as "Singer"), Marcia Howard (as "Dancer"), Ray Hyson (as "State Trooper/Singer"), Jack Irwin (as "Singer"), Robert Kole (as "Singer"), Sybil Lamb (as "Esther/Singer"), Lucia Lambert (as "Dancer"), Ronnie Lee (as "Dancer"), Robert Lindgren (as "Another Amishman/Dancer"), Elaine Lynn (as "Another Young Miller"), Gloria Marlowe (as "Katie Yoder"), Betty McGuire (as "Rebecca/Singer"), James S. Moore (as "Ike Pilersheim/Dancer"), Daniel Nagrin (as "Samuel Zook"), Philip Nasta (as "Dancer"), Ann Needham (as "Dancer"), Renee Orin (as "Sarah/Singer/Greta"), Chris Robinson (as "Another Man/Samuel Lapp/Singer"), Douglas Fletcher Rodgers (as "Ezra Reber"), James Schlader (as "Singer"), Stefan Schnabel (as "Papa Yoder"), Muriel Shaw (as "Mary/Singer"), Sammy Smith (as "Isaac Miller"), Robert St. Clair (as "Dancer"), Tao Strong (as "Dancer"), Herbert Surface (as "An Amishman/Singer"), Edgar F. Thompson (as "Abner Zook/Singer"), Beryl Towbin (as "Dancer"), William Weslow (as "Levi Stolzfuss/Dancer"), David Wood (as "Dancer"), Tim Worthington (as "Abner Zook/Singer"), Betty Zollinger (as "Singer"). Understudies: Bea Arthur [credited as Beatrice Arthur] (as "Ruth Winters"), Crandall Diehl (as "Samuel Lapp"), Jo Hurt (as "Emma Miller/Ruth Winters") [final Broadway role], Ray Hyson (as "Peter Reber"), Sybil Lamb (as "Hilda Miller"), Alan North (as "Isaac Miller"), Renee Orin (as "Katie Yoder"), Chris Robinson (as "Dan King"), James Schlader (as "State Trooper"), Richard Sharretts (as "Papa Yoder"), Robert St. Clair (as "Jacob Yoder") and Edgar F. Thompson (as "Ezra Reber"). Replacement actors [during Mark Hellinger Theatre run]: Laurie Carroll [from 14 Nov 1955- ?]. Understudy: Jo Hurt (as "Emma Miller/Ruth Winters"). [During Winter Garden Theatre run]: Produced by Richard Kollmar and James W. Gardiner. Produced in association with Yvette Schumer.