- He sang the title role (in blackface!) in the original production of Louis Gruenberg's opera "The Emperor Jones", based on Eugene O'Neill's play.
- With Helen Jepson as Bess, Serena and Clara, he sang the roles of Porgy and Jake in the first album of selections from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". Gershwin himself supervised it.
- (1923 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: King Lear. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Reginald Pole. Earl Carroll Theatre: 9 Mar 1923- Mar 1923 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Produced by Reginald Pole.
- (1939) Stage Play: The Man Who Came to Dinner. Comedy. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Featuring a song by Cole Porter. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 16 Oct 1939- 12 Jul 1941 (739 performances). Cast: Monty Woolley (as "Sheridan Whiteside"), Barbara Adams (as "Mrs. Dexter"), Edith Atwater (as "Maggie Cutler"), David Burns (as "Banjo"), Dudley Clements (as "Dr. Bradley"), Edward Fisher (as "Westcott"), Carol Goodner (as "Lorraine Sheldon"), Virginia Hammond, Michael Harvey (as "Sandy"), John Hoyt (credited as John Hoysradt), Carl Johnson (as "Mr. Baker/Radio Technician"), Curtis Karpe (as "Deputy"), Daniel Landon (as "Choir Boy"), Donald Landon (as "Choir Boy"), Daniel Leone (as "Choir Boy"), George Lessey (as "Mr. Stanley"), Gordon Merrick (as "Richard Stanley"), Mrs. Priestly Morrison (as "Sarah"), Theodore Newton (as "Bert Jefferson"), Edmonia Nolley(as "Mrs. McCutcheon"), LeRoi Operti (as "Professor Metz"), William Postance (as "Plainclothesman/Luncheon Guest"), George Probert (as "John") [final Broadway role], DeWitt Purdue (as "Choir Boy"), Robert Rea (as "Choir Boy"), Phil Sheridan (as "Deputy/Luncheon Guest"),, Rodney Stewart (as "Radio Technician"), Ruth Vivian (as "Harriet Stanley"), Charles Washington, Jack Whitman (as "Choir Boy"), Mary Wickes (as "Miss Preen"), Barbara Wooddell (as "June Stanley"), Harold Woolf (as "Expressman"). Replacement actors: Jean Carmen (as "June Stanley"), Sara Floyd (as "Mrs. McCutcheon"), Muriel Hutchison (as "Lorraine Sheldon"), Jack Leslie (as "Mr. Stanley"), Claudia Morgan (as "Maggie Cutler"), Edmonia Nolley (as "Sarah"), Rex O'Malley (as "Beverly Carlton"), James Rawls (as "Richard Stanley"), Stephen Sandes (as "Westcott"), Barry Sullivan (as "Bert Jefferson"), Lawrence Tibbett (as "Sandy"), Leone Wilson (as "Mrs. Dexter"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941).
- (1947) Stage Play: Miracle in the Mountains
- (1950) Stage Play: The Barrier. Musical/drama. Music by Jan Meyerowitz. Book by Langston Hughes. Lyrics by Langston Hughes. Musical Director: Herbert Zipper. Choreographed by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Scenic Design by H.A. Condell. Directed by Doris Humphrey. Broadhurst Theatre: 2 Nov 1950- 4 Nov 1950 (4 performances). Cast: Dolores Bowman (as "Livonia, servant at Albamar"), Marc Breaux (as "Young Norwood Dancer, Dance Sequence"), Wilton Clary (as "Bert, younger son of Col. Tom and Cora"), Richard Dennis (as "Fred Higgins, a friend of Norwood"), John Diggs (as "Houseman"), Helene Ellis (as "The Bride, Dance Sequence"), Reri Grist (as "Maid"), Lorenzo Herrera (as "William, a son of Col. Tom and Cora"), Stuart Hodes (as "Assistant to the Undertaker"), Charlotte Holloman (as "Sally, a daughter of Col. Tom and Cora/Young Cora Singer, Dance Sequence"), Jesse Jacobs (as "Undertaker"), Josephine Keene(as "Young Cora Dancer, Dance Sequence"), Muriel Rahn (as "Cora Lewis, Col. Tom's housekeeper"), Robert Tankersley (as "Plantation Storekeeper"), Victor Thorley (as "Talbot, overseer at Albamar Plantation"), Lawrence Tibbett (as "Colonel Thomas Norwood/Young Norwood Singer, Dance Sequence", Laurence Watson (as "Sam, the butler at Albamar"). Produced by Michael Myerberg and Joel Spector.
- (1954) Stage Play: Fanny. Musical. Book by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan. Music by Harold Rome. Lyrics by Harold Rome. Based on the trilogy "Marius," "Fanny" and "Cesar" by Marcel Pagnol. Musical Director: Lehman Engel. Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Musical Continuity by Trude Rittman. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Alvin Colt. Hair Design by Ernest Adler. Make-Up Design by Ernest Adler. Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Warren Clymer. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Warren Clymer. Assistant to Mr. Colt: Joseph Fretwell III and Frank Spencer. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Directed by Joshua Logan. Majestic Theatre (moved to The Belasco Theatre from 4 Dec 1956- close): 4 Nov 1954- 16 Dec 1956 (888 performances). Cast: Ezio Pinza (as "Cesar, proprietor of café on waterfront"), Walter Slezak (as "Panisse, wealthy sailmaker"), Florence Henderson (as "Fanny, daughter of Honorine"), William Tabbert (as "Marius", Son of Cesar"), Nejla Ates, Herb Banke (as "Sailor"), Margaret Baxter, Jack Beaber, Charles Blackwell (as "Moroccan Drummer/Acrobat"), Don Braswell, Alan Carney, Betty Carr, Ronald Cecill, Dean Crane, Michael De Marco, Norma Doggett, Ray Dorian, Florence Dunlap, Pat Finch, Tom Gleason, Katherine Graves, Michael Gugleotti, Jane House, Lindsay Kirkpatrick, Ruth Kuzub, Daniel Labielle, Mike Mason, Ellen Matthews, Carolyn Maye, Don McHenry, Henry Michel, Bill Pope, Edna Preston, Gerald Price, Lloyd Reese, Ruth Schumacher, Michael Scrittorale, Dran Hamilton [credited as Dran Seitz], Tani Guthrie [credited as Tani Seitz], Dolores Smith, Wally Strauss, Jack Washburn, Toni Wheelis, Steve Wiland, Gary Wright. Replacement crew during Majestic Theatre run (4 Nov 1954- close): Production Stage Manager: David Kanter. Assistant Stage Mgr: Kevin Scott, Beau Tilden. Replacement actors: Jack Beaber (as "Friend of Charles/Living Statue/Priest"), Don Braswell (as "Clown"), Lynne Broadbent (as "Claudine/Trained Seal"), Kippy Campbell (as "Cesario"), Don Cerulli (as "Fisherman/Pony Trainer"), Barry Clifford (as "Acolyte"), Dulcie Cooper (as "Fish-stall Woman"), Mohammed el Bakkar [Originally billed as "Arab Rug Seller]/Arab Singer"), Patricia Finch (as "Nun"), Warren Galjour (as "Butler/Clown"), Billy Gilbert (as "Panisse") [final Broadway role], Michael Gugleotti (as "Solo Acrobat"), Ruth Kuzub (as "Living Statue"), Henry Lascoe (as "Escartifique"), Ellen McCown (as "Michellette"), Melinda Mills (as "Claudette"), Eloise Milton (as "Trained Seal"), Janet Pavek (as "Mimi"), June Roselle (as "Fanny"), Sybil Scotford (as "Acrobat/Marie"), Kevin Scott (as "Clown/Sailmaker"), Michael Scrittorale (as "Living Statue"), Shawnee Smith (as "Arab Dancing Girl"), Lawrence Tibbett (as "Cesar") [final Broadway role], Jack Washburn (as "Marius"), Betty Zollinger (as "Lace Vendor"). Produced by David Merrick and Joshua Logan.
- (Summer 1951) He acted in Somerset Maugham's play, "Rain," in a Kenley Players production in Lakewood Park Theatre in Barnesville, Pennsylvania. John Kenley was artistic director.
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