- Garner's trademark stage role is Benjamin Franklin in 1776. He replaced Howard da Silva during the original Broadway run and has returned to the part numerous times over the past three decades.
- Sir John in "Me And My Girl" (Broadway 1989)
- Horace Vandergelder in "Hello,Dolly" (Broadway 1994)
- Ben Franklin in "1776" (Broadway 1971)
- The Governor in "Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Broadway 1978)
- (1983) Msr. Dindon in "La Cage aux Folles" (Broadway 1983)
- Goodtime Charley (1975). Musical. Book by Sidney Michaels. Music by Larry Grossman. Lyrics by Hal Hackady. Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. Incidental music by Arthur B. Rubinstein. Dance arrangements by Daniel Troob [earliest Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Arthur Rubinstein. Choreographed by Onna White. Directed by Peter H. Hunt. Palace Theatre: 3 Mar 1975- 31 May 1975 (104 performances + 12 previews, that began on 20 Feb 1975). Cast: Joel Grey (as "Charley"), Ann Reinking (as "Joan of Arc"), Susan Browning (as "Agnes Sorel"), Jay Garner (as "Archbishop Regnault de Chartres"), Richard B. Shull (as "Minguet"), Louis Zorich (as "General George de La Tremouille"), Ed Becker (as "Pope/One of the Citizen, Soldier, Peasant and Hostile Trios/Singer"), Kenneth Bridges (as "Third English Captain/One of the Citizen, Soldier, Peasant and Hostile Trios/First Soldier/Singer"), Rhoda Butler (as "Queen Kate/Singer"), Peggy Cooper (as "Yolande/Singer"), Kathe Dezina (as "Estelle/Singer"), Andy Hostettler (as "Jester/Dancer"), Dan Joel (as "Louis/Dancer"), Grace Keagy (as "Isabella of Bavaria") [Broadway debut], Nancy Killmer (as "Marie/Singer"), Cam Lorendo (as "Servant/Dancer"), Glen McClaskey (as "Dancer"), Ross Miles (as "Servant/Dancer"), Tod Miller (as "Dancer"), Hal Norman (as "Charles VI/Second English Captain/Herald/Third Soldier/Singer"), Julie Pars (as "Dancer"), Sal Pernice (as "Dancer"), George Ramos (as "Servant/Dancer"), Kathleen Robey (as "Dancer"), Charles Rule (as "Phillip of Burgundy/First English Captain/Chef/Guard/Singer"), Jane Ann Sargia (as "Singer"), Patrick Swayze (as "Servant/Dancer"), Brad Tyrrell (as "Henry V/One of the Citizen, Soldier, Peasant and Hostile Trios/Second Soldier/Singer"), Gordon Joseph Weiss (as "Jester/Dancer"), Jerry Yoder (as "Dancer"). Standby: Austin Pendleton (as "Charley"). Produced by Max Brown and Byron Goldman. Produced in association with Robert Victor and Stone Widney.
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