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Version 1

Girl Crazy (1930-09-Shubert Theatre-Philadelphia) Pre Bway Try Out

Type de série: Pre-Broadway Try Out
Théâtre: Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Monday 29 September 1930
Première : Monday 29 September 1930
Dernière : Saturday 11 October 1930
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Danny Churchill ... Allen Kearns
Molly Gray ... Ginger Rogers
Kate Fothergill ... Ethel Merman
Slick Fothergill ... William Kent
Gieber Goldfarb ... Willie Howard
Tess Parker ... Olive Brady
Lank Sanders ... John Daley
Patsy West ... Peggy O'Connor
Eagle Rock ... Chief Rivers
Sam Mason ... Donald Foster
Flora James ... Eunice Healy
Lariat Joe ... Starr Jones
Jake Howell ... Lew Parker
Pete ... Clyde Veaux
Hotel Proprietor ... Jack Classon
The Foursome ... Ray Johnson, Carlton Macy, Del Porter, Marshall Smith
Commentaires longs: Two roles (June and Chesty) were eliminated during rehearsals. They were to have performed the song "Are You Dancing?".
The song "Embraceable You" needed to be restaged and Fred Astaire was brought in to do so. It was the first time that he and Ginger Rogers met.

Version 2

Girl Crazy (1930-10-Neil Simon Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 7 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 272 représentations
Première Preview : Tuesday 14 October 1930
Première : Tuesday 14 October 1930
Dernière : Saturday 06 June 1931
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Danny Churchill ... Allen Kearns
Molly Gray ... Ginger Rogers
Kate Fothergill ... Ethel Merman
Slick Fothergill ... William Kent
Gieber Goldfarb ... Willie Howard
Tess Parker ... Olive Brady
Lank Sanders ... John Daley
Patsy West ... Peggy O'Connor
Eagle Rock ... Chief Rivers
Sam Mason ... Donald Foster
Flora James ... Eunice Healy
Lariat Joe ... Starr Jones
Jake Howell ... Lew Parker
Pete ... Clyde Veaux
Hotel Proprietor ... Jack Classon
The Foursome ... Ray Johnson, Carlton Macy, Del Porter, Marshall Smith

Version 3

Heads Up! (1929-11-Alvin Theatre)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 4 mois
Nombre : 144 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 11 November 1929
Première : Monday 11 November 1929
Dernière : Saturday 15 March 1930
Mise en scène : George Hale •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Janet Velie (Martha Trumbell), Alice Boulden (Peggy Pratt), John Hundley (Rex Cutting), John Hamilton (Larry White), Betty Starbuck (Betty Boyd), Ray Bolger (Georgie), Victor Moore (“Skippy” Dugan), Robert Gleckler (Captain Denny), Barbara Newberry (Mary Trumbell), Jack Whiting (Lieutenant Jack Mason), Lewis Parker (James Clarke), Atlas and LaMarr (Bob and Harry), Louis Delgado (Carson), Richard Macaleese (Dillon), Chester Bree (Hanson), The Reynolds Sisters (Gladys and Helene), Phil Ohman (Pianist); Ladies of the Ensemble: Gene Brady, Margery Bailey, Margot Bazin, Helen Collins, Catherine Cathcart, Violet Carson, Alvina Carson, Chris Cane, Helen Doyle, Ann Echlund, Eleanor Etheridge, Fay Greene, Ruth Gordon (to be sure, not the famous stage and film actress), Gypsy Hollis, Eva Hart, Pat Hamill, Rita Jason, Clara Larinova, Muriel Lawler, Helen Lee, Jane Lane, Betty Morton, Elsie Neal, Clarita Nash, Lylie Olive, Helen Reinecke, Ruth Sato, Amy Weber, Wanda Wood, Paulette Winston, Grace Wright, Geraldine Pratt, Mary Kerr; Gentlemen of the Ensemble: Jerry Cushman, Hal Clyne, Louis Delgado, Bob Derden, Jack Fago, Harry Griffin, Bob Gebhardt, Tommy Jordan, Al Jordan, Lewis Parker, Jack Ross, George Rand, Bob Spencer, Edoard Gates, Charles McGrath, William Cooper, Fran Heyser, Chester Breen, Gordon Clark, Bud Tipton, Ben White, Richard Macaleese, LeRoy Kent, Paul Jensen, George Meyer

Version 4

Hold On to Your Hats (1940-09-Shubert Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Shubert Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 4 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 158 représentations
Première Preview : Wednesday 11 September 1940
Première : Wednesday 11 September 1940
Dernière : Saturday 01 February 1941
Mise en scène : George Hale • Edgar MacGregor •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Margaret Irving (Sierra), Gil Lamb (Slim), George Church (Lon), Jack Whiting (Pete), Martha Raye (Mamie), Jinx Falkenburg (First Dudette, Rita), Joyce Matthews (Second Dudette), Thea Pinto (Third Dudette), Lew Eckles (Sheriff), Arnold Moss (Fernando), Al Jolson (Lone Rider), John Randolph (Radio Announcer), Joe Stoner (Shep Martin), Marty Drake (Old Man Hawkins), Bert Gordon (Concho), George Maran (Sound Effects), Russ Brown (Dinky), Eunice Healey (Shirley), Sid Cassel (Luis), Will Kuluva (Pedro); The Tanner Sisters: Martha Tanner, Mickey Tanner, and Betty Tanner; The Radio Aces: Marty Drake, Lou Stoner, and Joe Stoner; The Ranchettes: Margie Greene, Anita Jakobi, Iris Wayne, and Janis Williams; Dudettes: Janet Moore, Betty Jane Hess, Jean Ellis, Joyce Matthews, Thea Pinto, Ruthe Reid, Francisca Sims, Dorothy Wygal; Dancing Girls: Marjorie Baglin, Betty Boyce, Flora Bowes, Renee Cettel, Grace DeVita, Constance Dowling, Betty Ford, Jackie Gately, Betty Gavin, Marion Lulling, Joanne Marshall, Dorothy Thomas, Myra Weldin, Claire Wolf; Dancing Boys: Albert Amato, Alan Bandler, Frank Carey, Arthur Grahl, Randolph Hughes, Clarence Jaeger, Dave Jones, George Miller, Russ Milton, Bill Rettie, Jack Smith
Commentaires : Le livret a été « mis en scène » par Edgar MacGregor et toute la production a été placée « sous la supervision de » George Hale.

Version 5

Strike Up the Band (1930-01-Times Square Theater-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Times Square Theater (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 5 mois 2 semaines
Nombre : 191 représentations
Première Preview : Tuesday 14 January 1930
Première : Tuesday 14 January 1930
Dernière : Saturday 28 June 1930
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Virginia Barnes (Soisette), Robert Bentley (Richard K. Sloane), Ethel Britton (Suzette), Doris Carson (Anne Draper), Bobby ClarkDudley Clements (Horace J. Fletcher), Joyce Coles (Premiere Danseuse), Walter Fairmont (Sergeant), Jerry Goff (Jim Townsend), Ethel Kenyon (Myra Meade), Maurice Lapue (Doctor), Paul McCullough (Man About Town), Marion Miller (Doris Dumme), Blanche Ring (Mrs. Grace Draper), Margaret Schilling (Joan Fletcher), Gordon Smith (Timothy Harper)