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Life Begins at 8:40
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Revue
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Life Begins at 8:40 半岛体育 - Opening Night
Life Begins at 8:40
Broadway
Revue
Original
Winter Garden Theatre
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Ira Gershwin
,
E.Y. Harburg
music:
Harold Arlen
People (102)
Ray Bolger
"I'm Not Myself" Singer
(Original)
"The Elks and the Masons" Singer
(Original)
"You're a Builder-Upper" Singer
(Original)
Boccaccio
(Original)
Pierre
(Original)
Stowaway
(Original)
The Window Dresser
(Original)
Luella Gear
"I Couldn't Hold My Man" Singer
(Original)
Agatha
(Original)
Frou-Frou
(Original)
The Bride
(Original)
The First Lady
(Original)
The Rose
(Original)
The Window Dresser's Wife
(Original)
Winnie Whittlebone
(Original)
Bert Lahr
"Things" Singer
(Original)
Balzac
(Original)
Bill Leonard
(Original)
Jacques
(Original)
Paul Naughton
(Original)
Richard
(Original)
The Dictator
(Original)
The Samaritan
(Original)
Frances Williams
"Fun to be Fooled" Singer
(Original)
"Spring Fever" Singer
(Original)
Curley Flagg
(Original)
Stowaway
(Original)
Teresa Tittlebat
(Original)
Eugene Ashley
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Jack Barrett
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Mary Bay
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Regina Beck
The Lover (1880)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Vicki Belling
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Helen Bennett
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
George Bockman
A Son
(Original)
The Comedian
(Original)
The Lover (1880)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Hazel Boffinger
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Edward Browne
Boy
(Original)
Sally Bynum
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Mary Ann Carr
Dancer
(Original)
Noreen Carr
Dancer
(Original)
Jean Carson
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Geri Chopin
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Ingenue
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Frances Comstock
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Lady in the Box (1780)
(Original)
Aida Conkey
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Hope Dare
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Maxine Darrell
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Aline Davis
The Lover (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
The Wife
(Original)
Brian Donlevy
De Maupassant
(Original)
The Announcer
(Original)
The Barker
(Original)
The Broker
(Original)
The Intruder
(Original)
Tom Draper
The Hoofer
(Original)
The Lover (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Dixie Dunbar
"Let's Take A Walk Around the Block" Singer
(Original)
"The Elks and the Masons" Singer
(Original)
"You're a Builder-Upper" Singer
(Original)
The Granddaughter
(Original)
Helene Ecklund
Dancer
(Original)
William Ehlers
Boy
(Original)
Marjorie Ezequelle
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Charles Fowler
The Butler
(Original)
The Crooner
(Original)
The Gentleman in the Box (1880)
(Original)
The Picket
(Original)
Darley Fuller
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Peggy Gallimore
Dancer
(Original)
Williem Gerard
The Husband
(Original)
Willem Gerrard
A Son
(Original)
Harlequin (1780)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Sally Gibbs
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Ilse Gronau
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Kai Hansen
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Pearl Harris
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Winifred Harris
Performer
(Original)
Lydia Gooseberry
(Original)
The Mother
(Original)
Josephine Houston
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
"What Can You Say in a Love Song" Singer
(Original)
Gwendolyn Pinchfaucet
(Original)
Mary Howard
The Lover
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Josephine Huston
Performer
(Original)
Julie Jenner
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Esther Junger
"Fun to be Fooled" Dancer
(Original)
"Shoein' The Mare" Dancer
(Original)
The Grandmother
(Original)
Jane Lane
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Michael Logan
The Grandfather
(Original)
The Lover (1780)
(Original)
The Lover
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Arthur Manning
Boy
(Original)
Adrienne Matzenauer
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
"Shoein' The Mare" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Lady in the Box (1880)
(Original)
James MacColl
"New Deal Ladies' Circle" Introduction
(Original)
Halibut
(Original)
Il Duce
(Original)
Rabelais
(Original)
The Clergyman
(Original)
The Father
(Original)
Ethel Medsker
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Jane Moxon
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Ofelia & Pimento
"Shoein' The Mare" Dancer
(Original)
Emmett Oldfield
A Son
(Original)
Earl Oxford
"Let's Take A Walk Around the Block" Singer
(Original)
"What Can You Say in a Love Song" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Juvenile
(Original)
Jessica Pepper
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Gloria Pierre
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Sid Salzer
Boy
(Original)
Betty Schlaffer
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Josephine Schwarz
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Torch Singer
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Bartlett Simmons
Performer
(Original)
Grena Sloan
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Jack Starr
Performer
(Original)
Donald Stewart
The Gentleman in the Box (1780)
(Original)
Sherry Stuart
Dancer
(Original)
Anya Taranda
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Peggy Thomas
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Ethel Thorsen
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Walter Wahl
A Son
(Original)
Mildred Webb
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Charles Weidman
Performer
(Original)
Eddie Wells
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Grover Whalen
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Robert Wildhack
"Sound Phenomena" Performer
(Original)
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Ray Bolger
"I'm Not Myself" Singer
(Original)
"The Elks and the Masons" Singer
(Original)
"You're a Builder-Upper" Singer
(Original)
Boccaccio
(Original)
Pierre
(Original)
Stowaway
(Original)
The Window Dresser
(Original)
Luella Gear
"I Couldn't Hold My Man" Singer
(Original)
Agatha
(Original)
Frou-Frou
(Original)
The Bride
(Original)
The First Lady
(Original)
The Rose
(Original)
The Window Dresser's Wife
(Original)
Winnie Whittlebone
(Original)
Bert Lahr
"Things" Singer
(Original)
Balzac
(Original)
Bill Leonard
(Original)
Jacques
(Original)
Paul Naughton
(Original)
Richard
(Original)
The Dictator
(Original)
The Samaritan
(Original)
Frances Williams
"Fun to be Fooled" Singer
(Original)
"Spring Fever" Singer
(Original)
Curley Flagg
(Original)
Stowaway
(Original)
Teresa Tittlebat
(Original)
Eugene Ashley
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Jack Barrett
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Mary Bay
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Regina Beck
The Lover (1880)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Vicki Belling
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Helen Bennett
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
George Bockman
A Son
(Original)
The Comedian
(Original)
The Lover (1880)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Hazel Boffinger
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Edward Browne
Boy
(Original)
Sally Bynum
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Mary Ann Carr
Dancer
(Original)
Noreen Carr
Dancer
(Original)
Jean Carson
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Geri Chopin
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Ingenue
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Frances Comstock
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Lady in the Box (1780)
(Original)
Aida Conkey
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Hope Dare
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Maxine Darrell
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Aline Davis
The Lover (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
The Wife
(Original)
Brian Donlevy
De Maupassant
(Original)
The Announcer
(Original)
The Barker
(Original)
The Broker
(Original)
The Intruder
(Original)
Tom Draper
The Hoofer
(Original)
The Lover (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Dixie Dunbar
"Let's Take A Walk Around the Block" Singer
(Original)
"The Elks and the Masons" Singer
(Original)
"You're a Builder-Upper" Singer
(Original)
The Granddaughter
(Original)
Helene Ecklund
Dancer
(Original)
William Ehlers
Boy
(Original)
Marjorie Ezequelle
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Charles Fowler
The Butler
(Original)
The Crooner
(Original)
The Gentleman in the Box (1880)
(Original)
The Picket
(Original)
Darley Fuller
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Peggy Gallimore
Dancer
(Original)
Williem Gerard
The Husband
(Original)
Willem Gerrard
A Son
(Original)
Harlequin (1780)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Sally Gibbs
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Ilse Gronau
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Kai Hansen
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Pearl Harris
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Winifred Harris
Performer
(Original)
Lydia Gooseberry
(Original)
The Mother
(Original)
Josephine Houston
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
"What Can You Say in a Love Song" Singer
(Original)
Gwendolyn Pinchfaucet
(Original)
Mary Howard
The Lover
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Josephine Huston
Performer
(Original)
Julie Jenner
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Esther Junger
"Fun to be Fooled" Dancer
(Original)
"Shoein' The Mare" Dancer
(Original)
The Grandmother
(Original)
Jane Lane
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Michael Logan
The Grandfather
(Original)
The Lover (1780)
(Original)
The Lover
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Arthur Manning
Boy
(Original)
Adrienne Matzenauer
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
"Shoein' The Mare" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Lady in the Box (1880)
(Original)
James MacColl
"New Deal Ladies' Circle" Introduction
(Original)
Halibut
(Original)
Il Duce
(Original)
Rabelais
(Original)
The Clergyman
(Original)
The Father
(Original)
Ethel Medsker
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Jane Moxon
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Ofelia & Pimento
"Shoein' The Mare" Dancer
(Original)
Emmett Oldfield
A Son
(Original)
Earl Oxford
"Let's Take A Walk Around the Block" Singer
(Original)
"What Can You Say in a Love Song" Singer
(Original)
Prologue Performer
(Original)
The Juvenile
(Original)
Jessica Pepper
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Gloria Pierre
Show Girl
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Sid Salzer
Boy
(Original)
Betty Schlaffer
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Sister Act
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Josephine Schwarz
The Chorus (1934)
(Original)
The Torch Singer
(Original)
The Weidman Dancers
(Original)
Bartlett Simmons
Performer
(Original)
Grena Sloan
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Jack Starr
Performer
(Original)
Donald Stewart
The Gentleman in the Box (1780)
(Original)
Sherry Stuart
Dancer
(Original)
Anya Taranda
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Peggy Thomas
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1780)
(Original)
Ethel Thorsen
"It Was Long Ago" Singer
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Young Lady
(Original)
Walter Wahl
A Son
(Original)
Mildred Webb
Dancer
(Original)
The Chorus (1880)
(Original)
Charles Weidman
Performer
(Original)
Eddie Wells
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Boy
(Original)
Grover Whalen
"Life Begins at City Hall" Performer
(Original)
Robert Wildhack
"Sound Phenomena" Performer
(Original)
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David Freedman
Writer
H. I. Phillips
Sketches
Alan Baxter
Sketches
Henry Clapp Smith
Writer
Ira Gershwin
Sketches
Lyrics
E.Y. Harburg
Sketches
Lyrics
Frank Gabrielson
Sketches
Harold Arlen
Music
John Murray Anderson
Staging
Entire Production Devised by
Edward D. Dowling
Stage Director
Philip Loeb
The Comedy Scenes Director
Robert Alton
Choreographer
Charles Weidman
The Weidman Group Dances Choreographer
Albert R. Johnson
Scenic Design
Kiviette
Costume Design
James Reynolds
Costume Design
Raoul P猫ne Du Bois
Costume Design
Billi Livingston
Costume Design
Wynn
Costume Design
Pauline Lawrence
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Hans Spialek
Music Orchestrations
Robert Russell Bennett
Additional Orchestrations
Don Walker
Additional Orchestrations
Archie Thomson
Stage Manager
Jay Conley
Assistant Stage Manager
John Shubert
Company Manager
C.P. Greneker
Press Representative
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
27
1934
Closing Date
Mar
16
1935
Performances
237
as of Jun 07, 2025