Bless You All (Original Broadway Production, 1950)

Production Info

Previews: not listed yet (not listed yet)
Opening December 13, 1950
Closing: February 24, 1951
Length of Run: 84 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Staging	John C. Wilson (i)
... Dances and Ensembles	Helen Tamiris

Cast

... Star Performers	Jules Munshin Mary McCarty Pearl Bailey Valerie Bettis
... Featured Performers	Jane Harvey Byron Palmer Robert Chisholm Garry Davis Charlene Harris Donald Saddler Gene Barry Lee Barnett Noel Gordon
... Colonel Jasper Oglethorpe	Garry Davis
... Emmaline, his wife	Charlene Harris
... Marmaduke, his son	Gordon Edwards
... Marybelle, his daughter	Mary McCarty
... The Publisher	Gene Barry
... The Poor Girl	Dorothy Etheridge
... The Poor Boy	Dick Reed
... The Rich Girl	Eleanor Boleyn

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Bless You All .... Sung by Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty, Pearl Bailey, Valerie Bettis and Ensemble
Do You Know a Better Way to Make a Living? .... Sung by Jules Munshin and the Showgirls
Southern Fried Chekhov (sketch) .... Colonel Jasper Oglethorpe; Emmaline, his wife; Marmaduke, his son; Marybelle, his daughter; The Publisher
Don't Wanna Write About the South (song in Southern-Fried Chekhov) .... Sung by Marybelle, the Colonel, Emmaline and Marmaduke
I Can Hear It Now .... Sung by Jane Harvey (Danced by The Poor Girl, The Poor Boy, The Rich Girl, The Rich Boy and Dancing Couples)
When .... Sung by Pearl Bailey (Danced by A Boy and A Girl)
Back to Napoli (sketch) .... Benson, Miss Kane, Jaroslav, Laszlo, The Ladies, Enrico Bonzo, The Children
Little Things Meant So Much to Me .... Sung by Mary McCarty
A Rose Is a Rose .... Sung by Jane Harvey and Byron Palmer (Danced by The Rose, The Musicos, The Mobile, The Sleeping Boy, A Piece of Sculpture and The Revelers)
Love Letter to Manhattan .... Sung by Byron Palmer
TV Over the White House (sketch) .... Announcer, Joseph Gabriel Blow, Jane Blow, Their Son
Love That Man (song in TV Over the White House) .... Joe and Ensemble
Breakfast With Joe and Jane (scene in TV Over the White House)
Just a Little White House (song in TV Over the White House) .... Joe, Jane and Son
Somewhere Up There (scene in TV Over the White House) .... George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt
Voting Blues (song in TV Over the White House) .... Sung by Valerie Bettis
Stop the Politics! (scene in TV Over the White House) .... Joe and Jane, Miss Strong Constitution, Miss Natural Resources, Miss International Peace, Miss Federal Water Power
Finale (song in TV Over the White House) .... Joe and the entire ensemble

Act Two

Summer Dresses .... Sung by Byron Palmer and Ensemble (Danced by The Mannequin, Morning Dresses, Cocktail Dresses, Evening Dresses and Stock Boys)
The Cold War (sketch) .... Bill Slade, The Druggist
Take Off the Coat .... Sung by Jane Harvey
The Nobbiest Hobby (sketch) .... An Art Enthusiast, A Clergyman, Aunty, Doctor Smith, Grandma, A Nursemaid, A Good Humor Man, A Dowager, An Old Fisherman, A Pretty Young Girl, A Lifeguard, A Schoolgirl, Bathers
The Desert Flame .... Desert Flame, Monsieur le Commandant, Gendarmes, Pepe le Koko, Houris, The Texan, Native Drummers, The Torturers, Singing Houris, Patrons, Spectators and Natives
Peter and the P.T.A. (sketch) .... Mrs. Weatherby (Peter), Mr. Fothergill, Wendy, Captain Hook, The Pirates
You Never Know What Hit You -- When It's Love .... Sung by Pearl Bailey
The Roaring '20s Strike Back .... Sung by Jules Munshin and Mary McCarty
Finale .... Entire Company

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Production Info

Previews: not listed yet (not listed yet)
Opening December 13, 1950
Closing: February 24, 1951
Length of Run: 84 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Venues

Main Run

Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York, NY)
12/13/1950 - 2/24/1951

Tryout

Shubert Theatre (New Haven, CT)
11/13/1950 - 11/18/1950
Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
11/21/1950 - 12/9/1950

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