- (1925) stage: Wrote "Young Woodley", performed on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Comedy. Directed by George C. Tyler and Basil Dean. Belasco Theatre: 2 Nov 1925-Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/260 performances). Cast: Esther Bell (as "Parlor Maid"), Herbert Bunston (as "Simmons"), Edward Crandall (as "Ainger"), Helen Gahagan (as "Laura Simmons"), John Gerard, Geoffrey John Harwood, Glenn Hunter (as "Woodley"), Grant Stewart (as "Mr. Woodley"), George Walcott (as "Cope"). NOTE: Filmed as Young Woodley (1930)
- (1928) Stage: Wrote "Diversion", produced on Broadway. Directed by Jane Cowl. 48th Street Theatre: 11 Jan 1928-Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Richard Bird, Leo G. Carroll, Eleanor Daniels, Harry Green, Ruby Hallier, Rose Hobart, Morton Lucas, Nan Marriott-Watson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Guy Standing, Elsie Wagstaff. Produced by [nm0458377\.
- (1931) Stage: Wrote "After All", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Directed by Auriol Lee. Booth Theatre: 3 Nov 1931-Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Humphrey Bogart (as "Duff Wilson"), Pat Calvert, Edmund George, Kerby Hawkes, Helen Haye, Walter Kingsford, Philip Leigh (as "Mr. Melville"), Dorothy Mathews, Margaret Perry, Minna Phillips, Lillian B. Tonge. Produced by Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman]. NOTE: Filmed as New Morals for Old (1932).
- (1932) Stage: Wrote "There's Always Juliet", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Directed by Auriol Lee. Empire Theatre: 15 Feb 1932-May 1932 (closing date unknown/108 performances).
- (1932. Stage: Wrote "There's Always Juliet", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Directed by Auriol Lee. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Oct 1932-Nov 1932 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Violet Heming (as "Leonora Perrycoste"), Roger Pryor (as "Dwight Houston"), John Graham Spacey (as "Peter Walmsley"), Lillian B. Tonge (as "Florence"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1934) Stage: Wrote "The Distaff Side", produced on Broadway. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Auriol Lee. Booth Theatre: 25 Sep 1934-Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/177 performances). Cast: Charles Bryant (as "Christopher Venables"), Charles Campbell (as "Charles Hubbard"), Clifford Evans (as "Toby Chegwidden"), Austin Fairman (as "Gilbert Baize"), Doris Hall (as "Rose"), Viola Keats (as "Alex"), Mildred Natwick (as "Mrs. Venables"), Hilda Plowright (as "Miss Spicer"), Viola Roache (as "Mrs. Fletcher"), Dame Sybil Thorndike (as "Mrs. Millward"), Lillian B. Tonge (as "Therese Venables"), Bretaigne Windust (as "Roland"), Estelle Winwood (as "Mrs. Frobisher"). Produced by Dwight Wiman and Auriol Lee.
- (1935) Stage: Wrote "Flowers of the Forest", produced o Broaday. Drama. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Auriol Lee. Martin Beck Theatre: 8 Apr 1935-May 1935 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Alice Belmore, Leslie Bingham, Arthur Chatterdon, Katharine Cornell (as "Naomi Jacklin"), John Emery (as "Thomas Lindsay"), Brenda Forbes, Margalo Gillmore (as "Mercia Huntbach"), Moffat Johnston (as "Lewis Jacklin"), Burgess Meredith (as "Leonard Dobie"), Charles Waldron (as "Rev. Percy Huntbach"), Hugh Williams. Replacement actor: Tyrone Power (as "Leonard Dobie") [replaced Burgess Meredith]. Produced by Katharine Cornell.
- (1940) Stage: Wrote "Leave Her To Heaven", produced on Broadway. Drama. Directed by Auriol Lee. Longacre Theatre: 27 Feb 1940-9 Mar 1940 (15 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Mr. Henstridge"), Bettina Cerf (as "Mrs. Lake"), Ruth Chatterton (as "Madge Monckton"), Francis Compton (as "Dr. Collins"), Reynolds Denniston (as "Mr. Monckton"), J. Malcolm Dunn (as "First Officer"), Neil Fitzgerald (as "Martin Reardo"; Broadway debut), Franklyn Fox (as "Mr. Rolleston"), Lowell Gilmore (as "Rogers"), Eldon Gorst (as "David"), Esther Mitchell (as "Mrs. Henstridge"), Margaret Moffat (as "Mrs. Williams"), Edmond O'Brien (as "Robert Ewen"), William Packer (as "Second Officer"), Hilda Plowright (as "Grace Henstridge"), Harry Sothern (as "Mr. Williams"), Guy Spaull (as "Davis"), Edmond Stevens (as "Morgan"). Produced by Dwight Wiman. NOTE: Play is not to be confused with 1945 film--Leave Her to Heaven (1945)-- of the same name.
- (1940) Stage: Wrote "Old Acquaintance", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Scenic design by Richard Whorf. Directed by Auriol Lee. Morosco Theatre (moved to The Broadhurst Theatre from 8 Apr 1941 to close): 23 Dec 1940-17 May 1941 (170 performances). Cast: Jane Cowl (as "Katherine Markham"), Peggy Wood, Kent Smith, Anna Franklin, Hunter Gardner, Adele Longmire, Edna West. Produced by Dwight Wiman. NOTE: Filmed as Old Acquaintance (1943).
- (1942) Stage: Wrote "Solitaire", produced on Broadway. Based on the novel by Edwin Corle. Plymouth Theatre: 27 Jan 1942-14 Feb 1942 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Tony Albert, Sally Bates, Blair Davies, Anna Franklin, Charles George, Robert Gilbert, Harry Gresham, Patricia Hitchcock, Victor Kilian (as "Ben"), Joan McSweeney, John D. Seymour, Ben Smith, Howard Smith, Frederic Tozere. Produced by Dwight Wiman.
- (1942) Stage: Wrote (w/Lloyd Morris) "The Damask Cheek", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Playhouse Theatre: 22 Oct 1942-9 Jan 1943 (93 performances). Cast: Margaret Douglass (as "Mrs. Randall"), Peter Fernandez (as "Michael Randall"), Celeste Holm (as "Calla Longstreth"), Myron McCormick (as "Jimmy Randall Mary Michael (as "Nora"), Flora Robson (as "Rhoda Meldrum"), Zachary Scott(as "Neil Harding"), Joan Tetzel (as "Daphne Randall"), Ruth Vivian (as "Miss Pinner"). Produced by Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman].
- (1943) Stage Play: The Voice of the Turtle. Comedy. Written by John Van Druten. Directed by John Van Druten. Morosco Theatre (moved to the Martin Beck Theatre from 15 Oct 1947- 22 Nov 1947 then to the Hudson Theatre from 25 Nov 1947- close): 8 Dec 1943- 3 Jan 1948 (1557 performances). Cast: Elliott Nugent, Margaret Sullavan (as "Sally Middleton"), Audrey Christie. Replacement actors during Morosco Theatre run: Alan Baxter (as "Bill Page"), Vicki Cummings (as "Olive Lashbrooke"), Betty Field (as "Sally Middleton"), Beatrice Pearson (as "Sally Middleton"), Phyllis Ryder (as "Sally Middleton"). Understudy: Eileen Heckart (as "Olive Lashbrooke" / "Sally Middleton"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr.. Note: One of the biggest hits of the 1940s. This production took summer breaks during the summers of 1944 and 1945.
- (1934) Stage: Wrote "The Distaff Side", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Written by John Van Druten. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed / co-produced by Auriol Lee. Booth Theatre: 25 Sep 1934-Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/177 performances). Cast: Charles Bryant (as "Christopher Venables"), Charles Campbell (as "Charles Hubbard"), Clifford Evans (as "Toby Chegwidden"), Austin Fairman (as "Gilbert Baize"), Doris Hall (as "Rose"), Viola Keats (as "Alex"), Mildred Natwick (as "Mrs. Venables"), Hilda Plowright (as "Miss Spicer"), Viola Roache (as "Mrs. Fletcher"), Dame Sybil Thorndike (as "Mrs. Millward"), Lillian B. Tonge (as "Therese Venables"), Bretaigne Windust (as "Roland"), Estelle Winwood (as "Mrs. Frobisher"). Co-produced by Dwight Wiman.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Mermaids Singing. Written by John Van Druten. Directed by John Van Druten. Empire Theatre: 28 Nov 1945- 12 Jan 1946 (53 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Clement Waterlow"), Leon Forbes, Arthur Griffin, Jane Hoffman, Frieda Inescort (as "Mrs. Matthews"), Harry Irvine, Frank Lyon, Jack Manning, Dina Merrill (as "Girl"), Beatrice Pearson, Walter Starkey, David Van Winkle, Wallace Widdicombe, Lois Wilson. Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr.
- (1993) Stage: His play, "The Voice of the Turtle", was performed at the Classic American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Brigit Rattenborg Wise was the costume designer.
- (1957) Stage: His play, "Bell, Book, and Candle", was performed at the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton, England with Barbara Mitchell, Nicholas Selby, Beryl Johnstone, Michael Lomax and John Myers in the cast.
- (1966) Stage: Wrote source material (play, "I Am a Camera") for "Cabaret", produced on Broadway. Musical/drama. Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood. Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Musical Director: Harold Hastings. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by David Baker. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt. Choreographed by Ronald Field. Produced / directed by Harold Prince. Broadhurst Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre 7 Mar 1967-2 Oct 1968, then moved to The Broadway Theatre from 7 Oct 1968-close): 20 Nov 1966-6 Sep 1969 (1165 performances + 21 previews that began on 2 Nov 1966). Cast: Bert Convy (as "Clifford Bradshaw"), Jack Gilford (as "Herr Schultz"), Jill Haworth (as "Sally Bowles"), Lotte Lenya (as "Fraulein Schneider"), Joel Grey (as "Master of Ceremonies"), Peg Murray (as "Fraulein Kost"), Edward Winter (as "Ernst Ludwig"), Jere Admire (as "Bobby, Kit Kat Boy"), Barbara Alston (as "Frenchie, Kit Kat Girl"), Ray Baron (as "Bartender"), Bruce Becker (as "German Sailor"), Steven Boockvor (as "German Sailor"), Frank Bouley (as "Maitre D'"), Roger Briant (as "German Sailor"), Kathie Dalton (as "Texas, Kit Kat Girl"), Mary Ehara (as "One of "Two Ladies"), Sol Frieder (as "Herr Erdmann"), Pat Gosling (as "Maria, Kit Kat Girl"), John Herbert (as "Max"), Howard Kahl (as "Customs Official"), Tresha Kelly (as "Telephone Girl"), Mara Landi (as "Frau Wendel"), Miriam Lehmann-Haupt (as "Frau Kruger"), Bert Michaels (as "Victor, Kit Kat Boy"), Eugene Morgan (as "Herr Wendel"), Jayme Mylroie (as "Greta"), Ed Nolfi (as "German Sailor"), Rita O'Connor (as "One of "Two Ladies"), Marianne Selbert (as "Fritzie, Kit Kat Girl"), Robert Sharp (as "Felix"), Bonnie Walker (as "Rosie, Kat Girl"), Lynn Winn (as "LuLu, Kit Kit Girl"). Replacement actors during run included: Penny Fuller (as "Sally Bowles"; during vacation), Melissa Hart (as "Sally Bowles") [28 Jul 1969-?], Ken Kercheval (as "Clifford Bradshaw"), Mara Landi (as "Fraulein Kost"; during vacation). Produced in association with Ruth Mitchell.
- (1951) Stage: Directed "The King and I", produced on Broadway Musical comedy/drama. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch. Ballet Arrangements by: Trude Rittman. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic / Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Florence Klotz. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. St. James Theatre: 29 Mar 1951-20 Mar 1954 (1246 performances). Cast: Yul Brynner (as "The King of Siam"), Gertrude Lawrence (as "Anna Leonowens"), Doretta Morrow, Dorothy Sarnoff, Stephanie Augustine, Doria Avila, Jamie Bauer, Lee Becker, Mary Burr, Duane Camp, Joseph Caruso, Raul Celada, Cristanta Cornejo, Rodolfo Cornejo, Robert Cortazal, Robin Craven, Beau Cunningham, Gemze de Lappe, Andrea Del Rosario, Larry Douglas, Shellie Farrell, Charles Francis, Marilyn Gennaro, Evelyn Giles, Tommy Gomez, Leonard Graves, Thomas Griffin, Geraldine Hamburg, Maribel Hammer, Marcia James, Margie James, John Juliano, Sandy Kennedy, Ruth Korda, Ina Kurland, Suzanne Lake, Norma Larkin, Miriam Lawrence, Baayork Lee, BarBara Luna, Nancy Lynch, Alfonso Maribo, James Maribo, Gloria Marlowe, Jack Matthew, Carolyn Maye, Len Mence, Helen Merritt, Michiko, Helen Murielle, Ed Preston, Orlando Rodriguez, Corrine St. Denis, Johnny Stewart, Nora Suarez, Prue Ward, Bunny Warner, Phyllis Wilcox, Dusty Worrall, Yuriko. Replacement actors included: Alfred Drake (as "The King of Siam"), Celeste Holm (as "Anna Leonowens"), Sal Mineo (as "Prince Chulalongkorn"), Toby Stevens (as "Princess Yaowlak"). Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein.
- (1948) Stage Play: Make Way for Lucia. Comedy. Written by John Van Druten. Based on the novel by E.F. Benson. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Directed by John Van Druten. Cort Theatre: 22 Dec 1948- 15 Jan 1949 (29 performances). Cast: Essex Dane (as "Mrs. Wyse"), Cherry Hardy (as "Grosvenor"), Isabel Jeans (as "Mrs. Emmeline Lucas/Lucia"), Kurt Kasznar (as "Signor Cortese"), Doreen Lang (as "Mrs. Bartlett"), Cyril Ritchard (as "Georgie Pillson"), Viola Roache (as "Godiva Plaistow"), Ivan F. Simpson (as "Mr. Wyse"), Guy Spaull (as "Rev. Kenneth Bartlett"), Philip Tonge (as "Maj. Benjamin Flint"), Catherine Willard. Produced by The Theatre Guild, Lawrence Langner, Theresa Helburn and Armina Marshall.
- Most of the Game (1935). Comedy. Written by John Van Druten. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Auriol Lee. Cort Theatre: 1 Oct 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: James Bell (as "Al Sessums"), Diana Campbell (as "Lady Nona Collimore"), Robert Douglas (as "Hugh Collimore"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Sir Henry Dulcken"), Dorothy Hyson (as "Joanna Dulcken"), Joshua Logan (as "A Waiter"), Robert Wallsten (as "Rex Musgrave"). Produced by Dwight Wiman and Auriol Lee.
- (1942) Stage: Wrote "Old Acquaintance", performed at the Grand Theatre in Leeds, England. with Edith Evans, Ronald Ward, Muriel Pavlow and Marian Spencer in the cast. William Armstrong was the director.
- (1954) Stage: Wrote "Bell, Book, and Candle", performed at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England, with Rex Harrison (also director), Lilli Palmer, Athene Seyler and 'Wilfred Lawson (I)' in the cast.
- (1933) Stage: Wrote "The Distaff Side", performed at the Streatham Hill Theatre in Streatham Hill, London, England, with Sybil Thorndike, Martita Hunt, Dorothy Holmes-Gore, Haidee Wright, Robert Horton and Clifford Evans in the cast. Auriol Lee was the director.
- (1954) Stage: Wrote (w/Christopher Isherwood) / directed "I Am A Camera", performed at the New Theatre in London, England, with Dorothy Tutin and Michael Gwynn in the cast.
- (1951) Stage Play: I Am a Camera. Drama. Written by John Van Druten. Based on "The Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Boris Aronson. Directed by John Van Druten. Empire Theatre: 28 Nov 1951- 12 Jul 1952 (214 performances). Cast: Julie Harris (as "Sally Bowles"), William Prince (as "Christopher Isherwood"), Edward Andrews (as "Clive Mortimer"), Martin E. Brooks [credited as Martin Brooks] (as "Fritz Wendel"), Olga Fabian (as "Fraulein Schneider"), Catherine Willard (as "Mrs. Watson-Courtneidge"), Marian Winters (as "Natalia Landauer"). Produced by Gertrude Macy. Produced in association with Walter Starcke. Note: Filmed as Cabaret (1972).
- Playwright: "La Voie Lactee". NOTE: Filmed as The King of Paris (1934).
- (1932) Stage Play: Behold We Live. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as If I Were Free (1933).
- Playwright: "Rich and Famous". NOTE: Filmed as Rich and Famous (1981).
- Playwright: "London Walls" NOTE: Filmed as After Office Hours (1932).
- (1950) Stage: Wrote "Bell Book and Candle", produced on Broadway. Comedy. NOTE: Filmed as Bell Book and Candle (1958), Bell, Book and Candle (1976), Bell Book and Candle.
- (1931) ) Stage: Wrote "One Night in Lisbon". NOTE: Filmed as One Night in Lisbon (1941))
- (1953) Stage: Wrote "Bell, Book, and Candle," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Barry Sullivan, Viveca Lindfors and William Windom in the cast.
- (1974) Stage: Wrote "Life with Father," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Betsy Palmer and Fritz Weaver in the cast.
- (1932) Stage: Wrote "There's Always Juliet," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Violet Heming and Tom Powers in the cast.
- (1977) His play, "Bell, Book and Candle," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Lana Turner and Patrick Horgan in the cast.
- (1977) His play, "The Voice of the Turtle," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Tony Perkins and Berry Berenson in the cast.
- (1977) His play, "Night Must Fall," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with David McCallum and Margaret Hamilton in the cast.
- (1961) His play, "Voice of the Turtle," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Cliff Robertson and Dina Merrill in the cast.
- (1941) His play, "Old Acquaintance," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Jane Crowl and Peggy Wood in the cast.
- (1941) His play, "Behold We Live," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Gertrude Lawrence and Philip Merivale in the cast.
- (August 30, 1948) His play, "The Voice of the Turtle," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Joan Caulfield in the cast.
- (1981 - 1982) His play,"I Remember Mama," was performed in an American Conservatory Theatre production in San Francisco, California. Allen Fletcher was director.
- (January 25, 2007 to February 25, 2007) He wrote the original play for the musical, "Cabaret," at the Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Tari Kelly (Sally Bowles); Harris Doran (Emcee); Daniel Krell (Cliff); Brooks Almy (Fraulein Schneider); Lenora Nemetz (Fraulein Kost); Scott Robertson (Herr Schultz); Carrington Vilmont (Ernst Ludwig); Leasen Almquist (Kit Kat Girl); Nicholas Ardell (Ensemble); Renee Monique Brown (Kit Kat Girl); Joe Domencic (Ensemble); Daina Michelle Griffith (Kit Kat Girl); Stephanie Lynn Nelson (Kit Kat Girl); Greg Roderick (Ensemble); Carol Schuberg (Kit Kat Girl and assistant choreographer); and Marcus Stevens (Ensemble) in the cast. Ted Pappas was director and choreographer. F. Wade Russo was music director and conductor. Joe Masteroff wrote the book. The musical based on stories by Christopher Isherwood. John Kander wrote the music. Fred Ebb was lyricist. James Noone was scenic designer. David R. Zyla was costume designer. Kirk Bookman was lighting designer. Zach Moore was sound designer. Don Wadsworth was dialect coach. Ruth E. Kramer was production stage manager. Fredric H. Orner was assistant stage manager.
- (January 26, 1948) His play, "I Remember Mama," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Charlotte Greenwood in the cast.
- (January 21, 1952) His play, "Bell, Book, and Candle," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Rosalind Russell in the cast.
- (February 2, 1953) His play, "I Am a Camera," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Julie Harris in the cast.
- (1962) His play, "Old Acquaintance," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Arlene Frances, Bill Berger, and Linda Robinson in the cast. Martin Gabel was director.
- (1965) His play, "Bell, Book, and Candle," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Allen Ludden, Betty White and James Coco in the cast. Christopher Hewett was director.
- (September 2, 1935) His play, "There's Always Juliet," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Violet Heming in the cast.
- (August 1949) His play, "The Voice of the Turtle," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Marcia Walter, Boyd Crawford and Helen Harrelson in the cast.
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