At top, a photograph of Chita Rivera, as she rehearsed to take over the role of the Narrator in the national touring production of Zorba in 1969.Below, a cartoon by Doug Anderson that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 6, 1960. It acc…
Cartoon of of Robert Preston and Barbara Cook in The Music Man – from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Sunday, November 17, 1957.Below, Meredith Willson with Preston and Cook, in a publicity photo taken during the rehearsals for The Music Ma…
A 1952 publicity photo of Audrey Hepburn in the Broadway production of Gigi (online collection of the New York Public Library).Below, an ad from the Inquirer for the world premiere tryout run of the play at the Walnut Street Theatre. Joseph Kramm (…
The cover of Damon Runyon's original 1931 collection of stories, Guys and Dolls. Above: Vivian Blaine poses for a publicity photo in Philadelphia, along with "Guys & Dolls" producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin. Below: Frank Loesser and Abe Burr…
Above, the "Air Corps scene" from the 1946 revue Call Me Mister. The skit satirized the fancy and adoring reception that returning Army Air Corps pilots would get on their homecoming - as opposed to the lack of ceremony that most regular GI's would …
Above, a photo of the final tableaux of Act One, from the original 1948 production of Kiss Me, Kate. Below, Albert Drake and Patricia Morrison.Below, a cartoon by Jo Metzer from the Philadelphia Inquirer, showing Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne in th…
October 26, 1942: "Getting Ready for All-Soldier Show Opening" was the caption in the Inquirer. Two servicemen/stagehands prepare for Irving Berlin's patriotic show This is the Army at the Mastbaum Theatre.Below, while in town to appear at the openi…
Above, the Mastbaum Theatre during its demolition, 1958. The Mastbaum did not meet its end until two decades after the events we discuss in Episode 71. Still, I thought this image belonged here with the rest of the photos of Lost Philadelphia Theate…
Cartoon by Charles Bell, published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 5, 1927, showing the "All-Star Company" of Trelawny of the "Wells."Below, photographs of John Drew, Jr., and Peggy Wood, taken during the 1920s.(Both from the online collection…
An image made by the architectural firm of Hoffman-Henon as publicity for the new Erlanger Theatre on 21st and Market.Below, the newspaper ad for the first show ever done at the Erlanger, Jerome Kern's Criss Cross, next to a photo of the …
