Chee-Chee (1928). Musical comedy. Book by
Lew Fields. Music by
Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by
Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Roy Webb. Musical Director:
Roy Webb. Based on the novel "The Son of the Grand Eunuch" by Charles Pettit. Choreographed by Jack Haskell. Directed by
Alexander Leftwich. Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre: 25 Sep 1928- 20 Oct 1928 (31 performances). Cast: George Ali, Violetta Aoki,
Marshall Bradford (as "Leader of Khonghouses") [Broadway debut], Richardson Brown, Gene Byron, James Dale, Robert Davis,
Helen Ford (as "Chee-Chee"), Ralph Glover, William Griffith, Evelyn Hannons, George Hassell,
George Houston (as "The Tartar Chief"), Paul Jensen, George C. Lehrian,
Philip Loeb (as "Innkeeper/Produndity and Meditation"), Alan Lowe, Bunny Moore, Starke Patterson, Ruby Poe, Eugenia Renon, Dorothy Roye, Masa Sanami, Helen Shepard,
Betty Starbuck (as "Li-Li Wee"), Velma Valentine, Ted White, William Williams. Produced by Lew M. Fields.