- (1914 - 1939) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1914) Stage Play: Under Cover. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue. Cort Theatre: 26 Aug 1914- Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/349 performances). Cast: Lily Cahill, William Courtenay, Harry Crosby, Wilfred Draycott, Lola Fisher, Phoebe Foster [Broadway debut], DeWitt Jennings, John May, Ralph Morgan, Rae Selwyn, George Stevens, Lucile Watson, Jay Wilson. Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: Filmed by Famous Players Film Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Under Cover (1916).
- (1915) Stage Play: Under Fire. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue. Co-directed by William Courtenay and Roi Cooper Megrue. Hudson Theatre: 11 Sep 1915- Jan 1916 (closing date unknown/129 performances). Cast: Dorothy Abbott, Sydney Chon, William Courtenay, Frank Craven, Robert Fischer, Phoebe Foster, Violet Heming, Edward Hicks, Felix Krembs, Frank Morgan, McKay Morris, Edward G. Robinson [Broadway debut], Malise Sheridan, Henry Stephenson, Norman Tharp, Harland Tucker [Broadway debut], Jack Wessel. Produced by Selwyn & Co.
- (1915) Stage Play: Back Home.
- (1916) Stage Play: The Cinderella Man.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Lassoo.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Gipsy Trail.
- (1918) Stage Play: By Pigeon Post.
- (1919) Stage Play: First is Last. Comedy. Written by Samuel Shipman and Percival Wilde. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 17 Sep 1919- Nov 1919 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell (as "Lowell"), Elise Bartlett (as "Helen"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Ethel"), Richard Dix, Phoebe Foster (as "Madge"), James Kearney (as "Selby, A butler"), Mary Newcombe (as "Annabelle"), Edward G. Robinson (as "Steve"), Hassard Short (as "Doug"), Robert Strange. Produced by William Harris Jr..
- (1919) Stage Play: Three's a Crowd. Comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Toto. Comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Captain Applejack. Farce.
- (1924) Stage Play: Garden of Weeds. Drama. Written by Leon Gordon. Directed by Leon Gordon. Gaiety Theatre: 28 Apr 1924- May 1924 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Lee Baker (as "Phillip Flagg"), Jean Bell, Clarence Derwent (as "Archie Duffing"), Shiela Desmond, Maxine Flood, Phoebe Foster (as "Dorothy Deldridge"), Warburton Gamble, Ruby Gordon, Norman Hackett (as "Jack Lane"), Robert T. Haines, Florence Huntley, Lola Maye, Harry Morvil, Carrington North (as "Anna"), Elizabeth North, Bobbie Storey, Lilyan Tashman (as "Hazel Harbyry") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Leon Gordon. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Garden of Weeds (1924).
- (1924) Stage Play: High Stakes. Melodrama.Written by Willard Mack. Hudson Theatre: 9 Sep 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: Phoebe Foster (as "Dolly Lennon"), Wilton Lackaye (as "Richard Lennon"), Sue MacManamy, Lowell Sherman (as "Joe Lennon"), Robert Vivian (as "Murray"), Fleming Ward (as "Louis de Salde"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Jazz Singer. Comedy/drama. Written by Samson Raphaelson. Directed by Albert Lewis. Fulton Theatre: 14 Sep 1925- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/303 performances). Cast: Ted Athley (as "Gene"), Irma Block (as "Irma"), Paul Byron, Rita Crane, Frances Dippel, Barney Fagan, Phoebe Foster (as "Mary Dale"), Nathaniel Freyer, Grace Fuller, Ruth Holden, Joseph Hopkins, Arthur Stuart Hull, Sam Jaffe (as "Yudelson"), Mildred Jay, George Jessel (as "Jack Robin"), Tom Johnstone, Tony Kennedy, Arthur Lane, Howard Lang, Mildred Leaf, Richard Mansfield, Dorothy Raymond, Robert Russell, Eleanor Ryan, George Schaeffer, Betty Wilton. Produced by Lewis and Gordon. Produced in association with Sam Harris. Note: This was a major hit of the 1925-26 Broadway season, attracting the attention of Warner Brothers (specifically Sam Warner) who deemed it perfect a property to showcase the Vitaphone synchronized sound-on-disk process (see The Jazz Singer (1927) for trivia). Jessel's salary demands for the film were deemed excessive and the pivotal role of "Jack Robin" passed to Al Jolson.
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