Jumbo
Original Broadway Production [1935]
Production Info
OPENING
:
November 16, 1935
CLOSING: April 18, 1936
New York Hippodrome [New York, NY]
233 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Bob Lawrence [Mr. Ball]
- A. P. Kaye [Mr. Jellico]
- Tom Loman [Artist]
- Fred Spear [Artist]
- Poodles Hanneford ['Poodles']
- Arthur Sinclair [John A. Considine]
- Ray Miller [First Razorback]
- Gloria Grafton [Mickey Considine]
- W. J. McCarthy [Matthew Mulligan]
- Donald Novis [Matt Mulligan, Jr.]
- Dave Adams [Second Razorback]
- George Watts [United States Marshall]
- Jimmy Durante [Claudius B. Bowers]
- Henry LaMarr [Flanagan]
- Willard Dashiell [Auctioneer]
- Sybil Elaine [Little Girl]
- Donald Black [Chief of Police]
- Philip Wood [Mr. Piper]
- Gene Greenlaw [Sweeney]
- Walter Lewis [McCarthy]
- John Keubler [Reilly]
- Big Rosie [Jumbo]
Staff/Creatives
- Billy Rose [Producer]
- John Murray Anderson [Director]
- George Abbott [Director (book)]
- Allan K. Foster [Choreographer (equestrian, acrobatic and aerial dances)]
- Marjery Fielding [Choreography]
- Albert R. Johnson [Settings]
- Raoul Péne Du Bois [Costumes]
- Wynn Reynolds [Costumes (additional)]
- James Reynolds [Costumes (additional)]
- Remo Bufano [Puppets]
- Adolph Deutsch [Musical Director]
- Adolph Deutsch [Orchestrations]
- Murray Cutter [Orchestrations]
- Joseph Nussbaum [Orchestrations]
- Hans Spialek [Orchestrations]
- Conrad Salinger [Orchestrations]
Authors
- Ben Hecht [Book]
- Charles McArthur [Book]
- Lorenz Hart [Lyrics]
- Richard Rodgers [Music]
Video [add]
Rehearsal footage of the cast in the cavernous Hippodrome. You can see Billy Rose, director John Murray Anderson, and Jimmy Durante throughout.
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