Playbill - Oklahoma! - Week of May 16, 1943 - Signed by Alfred Drake

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Oklahoma!
BROADWAY|MUSICAL|ORIGINAL
ST. JAMES THEATRE
246 W. 44TH ST., NEW YORK, NY
SYNOPSIS:
A confident cowboy competes with a surly, mysterious farmhand for the honor of taking a lovely young farm woman to a dance in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 musical adaptation of Green Grow the Lilacs.
MUSIC:
RICHARD RODGERS
LYRICS:
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
BOOK:
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
OKLAHOMA! - CAST
Betty Garde - Aunt Eller
Alfred Drake - Curly
Joseph Buloff - Ali Hakim
Joan Roberts -Laurey
Lee Dixon -Will Parker
Howard Da Silva -Jud Fry
Celeste Holm - Ado Annie Carnes
Ralph Riggs -Andrew Carnes
George Church –Jess, Dream Jud
Katharine Sergava –Ellen, Dream Laurey
Marc Platt –Chalmers, Dream Curly
Diana Adams -Ensemble Dancer, Laurey's Friend
Elsie Arnold -Ensemble Singer
Bobby Barrentine -Ensemble Dancer, Other Post Card
John Baum -Ensemble Singer
Harvey Brown -Ensemble Singer
Kenneth Buffett -Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
Edwin Clay -Ensemble Singer, Fred
Margit DeKova -Ensemble Dancer, Jud's Post Card
Jack Dunphy -Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
Nona Feid -Ensemble Dancer, Laurey's Friend
Gary Fleming -Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
Kate Friedlich –Armina, Ensemble Dancer, Jud's Post Card
Hayes Gordon - Ensemble Singer, Sam
Ray Harrison -Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
Maria Harriton -Ensemble Dancer, Laurey's Friend
Rhoda Hoffman -Ensemble Dancer, Laurey's Friend
Edmund Howland -Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
George S. Irving - Ensemble Singer, Joe
Barry Kelley - Ike Skidmore
Eric Kristen - Ensemble Dancer, Cowboy
Jane Lawrence - Gertie Cummings
Ken Leroy - Cowboy
Bambi Linn – Aggie, Ensemble Dancer, Dream Child
Suzanne Lloyd - Ensemble Singer
Ellen Love - Ensemble Singer, Kate
Owen Martin - Cord Elam
Joan McCracken - Ensemble Dancer, Jud's Post Card, Sylvie
Dorothea McFarland - Ensemble Singer
Carl Nelson - Ensemble Singer
Virginia Oswald - Ensemble Singer
Robert Penn - Ensemble Singer
Herbert Rissman - Ensemble Singer, Slim
Paul Shiers - Ensemble Singer, Mike
Vivienne Simon - Ensemble Singer
Faye Smith - Ensemble Singer
Vivian Smith - Ensemble Dancer, Other Post Card
Billie Zay - Ensemble Dancer, Laurey's Friend
OKLAHOMA! – MUSIC CREDITS
Jay Blackton - Orchestra Director, Conductor
Sol Gusikoff - Orchestra Contractor
OKLAHOMA! - PRODUCTION TEAM
Oscar Hammerstein II – Book, Lyrics
Richard Rodgers - Music
Lynn Riggs - Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by
Rouben Mamoulian - Director
Agnes de Mille - Choreographer
Lemuel Ayers - Scenic Design
Miles White - Costume Design
Robert Russell Bennett - Orchestrations
Theresa Helburn - Production Supervisor
Lawrence Langner - Production Supervisor
John Haggott - Production Manager
Reginald Hammerstein - General Stage Manager
Ted Hammerstein - Stage Manager
Elaine Anderson - Assistant Stage Manager
Peggy Opdycke - 2nd Assistant Stage Manager
Herbert Rissman - Assistant Stage Manager
Max A. Meyer - Company Manager
Joseph Heidt - Press Representative
Alfred H. Tamarin - Press Representative
Dick Weaver - Press Representative
The Theatre Guild - Producer
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