Schluck und Jau (Comedy in six events and a prologue), written by Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946), and produced in probably 1900, or 1915.

   Scenes from Schluck und Jau (Comedy in six events and a prologue), written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946), and produced in probably 1900, or 1915.

   In the comedy Schluck und Jau, A Joke Play in Six Processes, which premiered on 3 February, 1900, at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Gerhart Hauptmann has two drunken vagabonds, Schluck and Jau, slip into the roles of the prince and his wife to the delight of a court party.

   Schluck und Jau was premiered on 3 February 1900 under Emil Lessing at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. The premiere, which was cast with Hanns Fischer as Schluck, Rudolf Rittner as Jau, Else Heims as Sidselill, Else Lehmann as Frau Adeluz and Max Reinhardt as Malmstein, was unsuccessful. Otto Brahm removed the joke play from the repertoire after thirteen performances. It was not until Max Reinhardt's production on 18 March 1915 on the same stage with Max Pallenberg as Schluck and Hans Waßmann as Jau that more than forty performances were given in the war years 1915 and 1916.

Jumbo (The musical), directed by John Murray Anderson and George Abbott, and performed at the Hippodrome Theatre, New York, on November 16, 1935 and closed on April 18, 1936 after 233 performances,

   Jumbo (The musical), directed by John Murray Anderson and George Abbott, and performed at the Hippodrome Theatre, New York,  on November 16, 1935 and closed on April 18, 1936 after 233 performances, starring Jimmy Durante, Donald Novis, Gloria Grafton, and featuring circus specialty acts.

   Jumbo tells the story of a financially strapped circus. At the end of each performance, Durante lay down on the stage and permitted a live elephant to place its foot upon his head.

Jimmy Durante, Gloria Grafton and Arthur Sinclair in Jumbo. Hippodrome Theatre, New York City. 1935.

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Rope written by David Wallace and T. S. Stribling on the basis of Teeftallow by T. S. Stribling and produced by James W. Elliott at the Biltmore Theatre, New York City, in 1928

   Some scenes from Rope written by David Wallace and T. S. Stribling on the basis of Teeftallow by T. S. Stribling and produced by James W. Elliott at the Biltmore Theatre, New York City, having run for 31 performances from Feb. 22 to Mar. 1928.

   New York Times : Out of the raw stuff of a Southern village and the violent tyrannies of human relations there, David Wallace and T.S. Stribling have fashioned a stirring melodrama, "Rope," mounted at the Biltmore last evening. They have written it, for the most part effectively, from Mr. Stribling's novel...

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Marco Millions written by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the Guild Theatre, New York City, with the stage by Rouben Mamoulian, in 1928

Some scenes from Marco Millions written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced at the Guild Theatre, New York City, with the stage by Rouben Mamoulian, having run for 92 performances from Jan. 9 to March, 1928.

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Scenes from Porgy and Bess (opera in three acts) by the American composer George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), performed at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on October 10, 1935.

   Scenes from Porgy and Bess (opera in three acts) by the American composer George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), first performed at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, on September 30, 1935. But the opera—which premiered at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on October 10, 1935—is considered to be the first great American opera. It contains many beloved musical numbers, including the arias “Summertime” and “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’.”

   Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy.

Catfish Row, from the Porgy & Bess set.

Scenes from Pal Joey, a musical with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, premiered on Broadway on December 25, 1940, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 374 performances.

   Scenes from Pal Joey, a musical with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, on December 25, 1940,  and ran for 374 performances.

   Pal Joe premiered on Broadway on December 25, 1940, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 374 performances. Directed by George Abbott with choreography by Robert Alton, the opening-night cast included Gene Kelly as Joey, Vivienne Segal as Vera, and June Havoc as Gladys. Van Johnson and Stanley Donen were also in the cast.

 Gene Kelly and Leila Ernst in the stage production “Pal Joey”, 1940

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Scenes from Three Sisters (1900), written by Anton Chekhov (1860 – 1904), and perfomred at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, from December 21, 1942 to April 3, 1943, having run 123 performances.

Scenes from Three Sisters (1900), written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860 –  1904), and perfomred at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, from December 21, 1942 to April 3, 1943, having run 123 performances.

Dennis King, Judith Anderson, on-set of the Broadway Play ''Three Sisters'', Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York, 1942

Ruth Gordon, on-set of the Broadway Play ''Three Sisters'', Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York, 1942