- (1923 - 1945) Active on Broadway [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff early in career] in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: The Brothers Karamazoff. Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, The Lower Depths, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Lady from the Provinces"). Cast: Nikolai Alexandroff, Peter Baksheieff, Alexei Bondirieff, Leo Bulgakov [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff] (Broadway debut), Barbara Bulgakova, Giorgi Burdzhaloff, Boris Dobronravoff, Vladimir Gribunin, Ivan Gudkoff, Vassily Katchaloff, A.M. Khmara, Olga Knipper-Tchekhova, Lydia Korenieva, Maria Krizhanovskaya, Ivan Lazarieff, Leonid M. Leonidoff, Maria Lilina, Nina Litovtseva, Vassily Luzhsky, Ivan Moskvin, Maria Nikolaieva, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Podgorny, Eugenia Rayevskaya, Nikolai Rumiantseff, F. Shevtchenko, Constantin Stanislavsky, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Tarasova, Maria Uspenskaya, Alexander Vishnevsky, Vladimir Yershoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Lady from the Provinces. Written by Ivan Turgenev. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, The Lower Depths, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Brothers Karamazoff). Cast: Nikolai Alexandroff, Peter Baksheieff, Alexei Bondirieff, Leo Bulgakov [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff], Barbara Bulgakova, Giorgi Burdzhaloff, Boris Dobronravoff, Vladimir Gribunin, Ivan Gudkoff, Vassily Katchaloff, A.M. Khmara, Olga Knipper-Tchekhova, Lydia Korenieva, Maria Krizhanovskaya, Ivan Lazarieff, Leonid M. Leonidoff, Maria Lilina, Nina Litovtseva, Vassily Luzhsky, Ivan Moskvin, Maria Nikolaieva, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Podgorny, Eugenia Rayevskaya, Nikolai Rumiantseff, F. Shevtchenko, Constantin Stanislavsky, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Tarasova, Maria Uspenskaya, Alexander Vishnevsky, Vladimir Yershoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Three Sisters. Drama. Written by Anton Chekhov. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, The Lower Depths, The Cherry Orchard, The Lady from the Provinces, The Brothers Karamazoff). Cast: Nikolai Alexandroff, Peter Baksheieff, Alexei Bondirieff, Leo Bulgakov [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff], Barbara Bulgakova, Giorgi Burdzhaloff, Boris Dobronravoff, Vladimir Gribunin, Ivan Gudkoff, Vassily Katchaloff, A.M. Khmara, Olga Knipper-Tchekhova, Lydia Korenieva, Maria Krizhanovskaya, Ivan Lazarieff, Leonid M. Leonidoff, Maria Lilina, Nina Litovtseva, Vassily Luzhsky, Ivan Moskvin, Maria Nikolaieva, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Podgorny, Eugenia Rayevskaya, Nikolai Rumiantseff, F. Shevtchenko, Constantin Stanislavsky, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Tarasova, Maria Uspenskaya, Alexander Vishnevsky, Vladimir Yershoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Lower Depths. Written by Maxim Gorky. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Lady from the Provinces, The Brothers Karamazoff). Cast: Nikolai Alexandroff, Peter Baksheieff, Alexei Bondirieff, Leo Bulgakov [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff], Barbara Bulgakova, Giorgi Burdzhaloff, Boris Dobronravoff, Vladimir Gribunin, Ivan Gudkoff, Vassily Katchaloff, A.M. Khmara, Olga Knipper-Tchekhova, Lydia Korenieva, Maria Krizhanovskaya, Ivan Lazarieff, Leonid M. Leonidoff, Maria Lilina, Nina Litovtseva, Vassily Luzhsky, Ivan Moskvin, Maria Nikolaieva, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Podgorny, Eugenia Rayevskaya, Nikolai Rumiantseff, F. Shevtchenko, Constantin Stanislavsky, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Tarasova, Maria Uspenskaya, Alexander Vishnevsky, Vladimir Yershoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch. Written by Aleksei Tolstoy. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with The Lower Depths, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Lady from the Provinces, The Brothers Karamazoff). Cast: Nikolai Alexandroff, Peter Baksheieff, Alexei Bondirieff, Leo Bulgakov [credited as Lyoff Bulgakoff], Barbara Bulgakova, Giorgi Burdzhaloff, Boris Dobronravoff, Vladimir Gribunin, Ivan Gudkoff, Vassily Katchaloff, A.M. Khmara, Olga Knipper-Tchekhova, Lydia Korenieva, Maria Krizhanovskaya, Ivan Lazarieff, Leonid M. Leonidoff, Maria Lilina, Nina Litovtseva, Vassily Luzhsky, Ivan Moskvin, Maria Nikolaieva, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Podgorny, Eugenia Rayevskaya, Nikolai Rumiantseff, F. Shevtchenko, Constantin Stanislavsky, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Tarasova, Maria Uspenskaya, Alexander Vishnevsky, Vladimir Yershoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Cherry Orchard. Comedy. Written by Anton Chekhov. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1923- unknown (unknown performances/played in repertory with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, The Lower Depths, The Three Sisters, The Lady from the Provinces, The Brothers Karamazoff). Produced by F. Ray Comstock, Morris Gest and The Moscow Art Theatre (under the direction of Constantin Stanislavsky).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Brothers Karamazoff. Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Lower Depths (Revival). Written by Maxim Gorky.
- (1926) Stage Play: Princess Turandot. Fantasy. Adapted from the Russian version by Harry G. Alsberg and Isaac Don Levine. Based on "Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi. Intermezzo by Lewis Waller. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Provincetown Playhouse: 12 Nov 1926- Dec 1926 (closing date unknown/26 performances). Cast: J. Edward Bromberg (as "Tartaglia/Ishmael") [Broadway debut], George Frame Brown, Barbara Bulgakov (as "Princess Turandot"), Muriel Campbell, Jasper Deeter (as "Altoum"), Moss Fleisig, Sada Gordon, Kirby Hawkes, Boris Marshmallow, Harold McGee, Ferd Nofer, Edward Robbin, Victor Sharoff, Leni Stengel (as "Adelma") [Broadway debut], Sheba Strunsky. Produced by Carlo Gozzi.
- (1927) Stage Play: Lovers and Enemies. Comedy/tragedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Spring Song. Written by Virginia Farmer. Directed by Gustav Blum. Nora Bayes Theatre: 20 Dec 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Leo Bulgakov (as "Oscar Schoenvogel"), Marienne Francks (as "Nellie Lee Bell"), Lewis Leverett (as "Walker Pendleton"), Ethel Wilson (as "Caterina Corwin"). Produced by Gustav Blum.
- (1928) Stage Play: Gods of the Lightning. Drama.
- (1929) Stage Play: Street Scene. Written by Elmer Rice. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elmer Rice. Playhouse Theatre: 10 Jan 1929- Jun 1930 (closing date unknown/601 performances). Cast: Astrid Allwyn (as "College Girl/Nursemaid"), Joseph Baird (as "Steve Sankey"), Beulah Bondi (as "Emma Jones"), Samuel S. Bonnell (as "Ice Man/Interne/Passer-By"), Horace Braham (as "Samuel Kaplan"), Hilda Bruce (as "Olga Olsen") [Broadway debut], Leo Bulgakov (as "Abraham Kaplan"), John Cambridge (as "Passer-By"), Joe Cogert, Josephine Coghlan (as "Passer-By"), Jane Corcoran (as "Agnes Cushing"), Glenn Coulter, John Crump, Edward Downes, Mary Emerson (as "Music Pupil"), Otto Frederick, Frederica Going (as "Laura Hildebrand"), Francis F. Golden (as "Apartment Hunter"), Elizabeth Goodyear, Millicent Green (as "Mae Jones"), Russell Griffin, Emily Hamill, George Humbert, Ellsworth Jones, John Kelly, Robert Kelly, Anna Kostant, Joseph Lee, Rose Lerner (as "College Girl"), Alexander Lewis, Herbert Lindholm, Robert Mack (as "Passer-By"), T.H. Manning, Ed A. McHugh, Matt McHugh (as "Vincent Jones"), Carl C. Milter, Nelly Neil, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Anthony Pawley (as "Ambulance Driver/Policeman/Passer-By") [Broadway debut], Edward Pawley, John Qualen (as "Carl Olsen"), Ruth Randolph, Mary Servoss (as "Anna Moran"), Jean Sidney, Eileen Smith, Jean Sydney, Benn Trivers, Conway Washburne (as "Daniel Buchanan"), Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Ralph Willard. Replacement actors: Bobby Jordan (as "Charlie Hildebrand") [Broadway debut], Sam Levene (as "Forrest") [from ? Jun 1930- ?]. Produced by William A. Brady Ltd. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company/Feature Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Street Scene (1931).
- (1929) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1930) Stage Play: At the Bottom. Written by Maxim Gorky. Book adapted by William L. Laurence. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Waldorf Theatre: 9 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Vaska"), Carroll Ashburn (as "The Baron"), E.J. Ballantine (as "The Actor"), Trevor Bardette, Barbara Bulgakova (as "Nastya"), Richard Hale, Victor Kilian (as "Bubnov"), Ari Kutai, Louis John Latzer, Elsa Lazareff, Welba Lestina, Lewis Leverett, Mary Morris, 'Anne Seymour (I)', Edgar Stehli (as "Luka"), John Wexley, Ian Wolfe (as "Michael Kostilyev"). Produced by Leo Bulgakov Theatre Associates Inc.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov. Waldorf Theatre: 9 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Trigorin"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Dr. Dorn"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Sorin"), Barbara Bulgakova, Evelyn Hill, Victor Kilian (as "Shamrayev"), Elsa Lazareff, Lewis Leverett, Boris Marshalov, Mary Morris, Robert Parsons, Ian Wolfe (as "Medvedenko"), Dorothy Yokel. Produced by Leo Bulgakov Theatre Associates Inc. [ Leo Bulgakov].
- (1930) Stage Play: This One Man. Drama. Written by Sidney Buchman [only Broadway credit]. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Morosco Theatre: 21 Oct 1930-Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Mr. Wilkes"), Mike Donlin (as "Jig"), Billy Fay (as "Pop"), William Franklin (as "Dan"), Robert Griffin (as "First Questioner"), Paul Guilfoyle (as "Marvin Holland"), Charles Harrison (as "Dan"), Victor Kilian (as "Second Questioner"), Boris Mashalov (as "Eugene Vignon"), Constance McKay (as "Molly Holland"), Paul Muni (as "Saul Holland"), Dean Raymond (as "Doctor Camp"), George Spear (as Mr. Chambers"). Produced by Arthur Lubin and Richard W. Krakauer.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Life Line. Comedy. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1931) Stage Play: Devil in the Mind. Comedy. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1933) Stage Play: One Sunday Afternoon. Written by James Hagan. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Little Theatre: 15 Feb 1933-Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/322 performances). Cast: Sara Arms, Boris Batt, Francesca Bruning, Rita Collins, Marion Frederic, Percy Helton (as "Snappy Downer"), Mary Holsman, Leo Hoyt, Rankin Mansfield, Maurice Mitchell (as "Lamplighter"), William J. Nelson, Lloyd Nolan (as "Biff Grimes"), Everett Ripley, Ernst Robert, Byron Shores, Fred Steinway, Karl Swenson (as "Rowdy"), Eeda Von Buelow, Janet Young. Produced by Leo Peters and Leslie Spiller.
- (1933) Stage Play: Amourette. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Henry Miller's Theatre: 27 Sep 1933- Oct 1933 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Amsey Tucker"), Francesca Bruning, Charles Coleman, Frances Halliday, James P. Houston, Frederick Kaufman, William H. Lynn (as "Amos Todd"), Clara Mahr, Byron McGrath, Tom Morrison, Mildred Natwick (as "Drusilla Thorpe"), Marie Pettes, Fred Sumner. Produced by Leo Peters and Leslie J. Spiller.
- (1934) Stage Play: Come What May. Drama. Written by Richard Flournoy. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Plymouth Theatre: 15 May 1934- Jun 1934 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Produced by Hal Skelly.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Night Remembers. Melodrama/mystery. Written by Martha O'Dwyer (credited as Martha Madison). Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Playhouse Theatre: 27 Nov 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Philip Bourneuf (as "Jim") [Broadway debut], Harry Clarke (as "Hank"), F.G. Cleveland (as "Bill"), Frank Coletti (as "Mullen"), Frank Collins (as "Fred"), Lizzie Cubitt (as "Scrub Woman"), Frank Dae (as "Inspector Kelly"), Bill Darwin (as "Tough Boy"), Hal Dearborn (as "Mooney"), Robert Elwyn, Howard Ferguson, Vincent Gerbino, Van Heflin (as "Paul Ivins"), Mary Holsman, Marie Hunt, Vera Hurst, Wilfred Jessop, Sheldon Leonard (as "Tall Man"), Ann Martin, Tom Morrison, Robert J. Mulligan, Allen Nourse (as "Night Clerk"), William Nunn, Ernst Robert (as "Speakeasy Proprietor"), André Salama, Margaret Seaman, Brandon Tynan (as "Momo Sebalios"), Philip Van Zandt (as "Taxi Driver"). Produced by B. Peters and Leslie J. Spiller.
- (1936) Stage Play: Lend Me Your Ears! Comedy. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1939) Stage Play: Prologue to Glory. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1938) Stage Play: Don't Throw Glass Houses. Directed by Leo Bulgakov.
- (1939) Stage Play: Close Quarters. Drama.
- (1939) Stage Play: Billy Draws a Horse. Comedy. Written by Lesley Storm. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Playhouse Theatre: 21 Dec 1939- 31 Dec 1939 (13 performances). Cast: Hayley Bell (as "Clare Fleming"), Edna Bennett (as "Grace"), Carol Curtis Brown (as "Agnes"), Leo Bulgakov (as "Pschenschynoff"), William Chambers (as "A Customer"), Florence Edney (as "Mrs. Smith"), Jules Epailly (as "Waiter"), Grace George (as "Mrs. Parsons"), Lumsden Hare (as "Alfred Parsons"), Elizabeth Inglis (as "Elise Parsons"), Arthur Margetson (as "Dr. Howard Fleming"), Harry Plimmer (as "Grandpapa"), Marion Sittler (as "Miss Burchill"), Douglas Walton (as "Tim Shields"). Produced by Lee Shubert and William A. Brady. Note: Filmed by Pinnacle Productions [UK] as Tony Draws a Horse (1950) and received only a very limited U.S. release through Fine Arts Films in 1951.
- (1940) Stage Play: Another Sun. Drama.
- (1945) Stage Play: Hope for the Best. Written by William McCleery [earliest Broadway credit]. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre on 23 Apr 1945- close): 7 Feb 1945- 19 May 1945 (117 performances). Cast: Leo Bulgakov (as "Professor Wechsler") [final Broadway role], Jack Hartley (as "Howard Hilton"), Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Bassett"), Paul Potter (As "Sergeant Joe Jordan"), Franchot Tone (as "Michael Jordan"), Joan Wetmore (as "Margaret Hicks Harwood"), Jane Wyatt (as "Lucille Daly"). Produced by Jean Dalrymple and Marc Connelly.
- (November 5 to 16, 1935) He directed Anton Chekhov's play, "The Cherry Orchard," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director.
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