- (1937) Stage Play: Too Many Heroes. Drama. Written by Dore Schary [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Garson Kanin. Hudson Theatre: 15 Nov 1937- Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Paul Ashley, Jim Backus (as "Cosgrove") [final Broadway role], Jean Barrere (as "Danny Parker"), James Bell (as "Jeb Williams"), Leslie Bingham (as "Mrs. Halsey"), Shirley Booth, Herschel Cropper (as "Third Deputy"), Lew Eckles, Elspeth Eric (as "Nora Williams"), Thomas Fisher (as "Tommy Potter"), Lawrence Forsythe (as "Hartman"), Clyde Franklin (as "Mr. McMillian"), John Huntington (as "Second Deputy"), Richard Keene (as "Harry Halsey"), Bjorn Koefoed (as "Nielson"), Jack Lee (as "Lassiter"), Charles McClelland (as "Burton"), Francis Pierlot, Robert Reed (as "Capt. Miller"), Anthony Ross (as "Stevenson"), Royal C. Stout (as "Fourth Deputy"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Sheriff Bailey"), Randolph Wade (as "Ranger"), Rex Williams (as "Andrews") [Broadway debut], Marion Willis (as "First Deputy"), Ernest Woodward (as "Peters"). Produced by Carly Wharton.
- (1937 - 1974) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1941) Stage Play: The Man With Blonde Hair. Written by Norman Krasna. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Directed by Norman Krasna. Belasco Theatre: 4 Nov 1941- 8 Nov 1941 (7 performances). Cast: Curt Conway (as "Sidney"), Francis De Sales (as "McCarthy"), James Gregory (as "Frank Connors"), Bernard Lenrow, Eleanor Lynn, Owen Martin, Coby Ruskin (as "Harry"), 'Alfred Ryder (I)', George Wallach, Dora Weissman, Rex Williams (as "Carl"), Robert Williams. Produced by Frank Ross.
- (1938) Stage Play: Knights of Song. Musical. Material by Glendon Allvine. Based on a story by Glendon Allvine and Adele Gutman Nathan. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Orchestrations furnished by Tams-Witmark Music Library Inc. Additional orchestrations by Harold Sanford. Gilbert and Sullivan musical excerpts staged by Avalon Collard. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Hollywood Theatre: 17 Oct 1938- 29 Oct 1938 (16 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "McManus"), Jay Amiss, Earl Ashcroft, Charles Atkin, Reginald Bach, Victor Beecroft (as "Harris"), Beulah Blake, Freeman Bloodgood, Nigel Bruce (as "William Schwenk Gilbert"), Ralph Bunker (as "Sir Joseph Porter"), Martha Burnett, Angus Cairns, Robert Chisholm, Virginia Cole, Robert Collins, Burr Crandall, Norman Crandall, Shirley Dale, Paul Davin, Shannon Dean, Vera Deane, Annamary Dickey, Mary Dyer, Bruce Evans, Anthony Ferrara, William Foran, Ann Francis, Shirley Gale (as "Wardrobe Woman"), Davie Gladstone, Carrie Glenn, Norman Gray, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Edward Hayes, Karl Holly, Mary Hoppel, Rosalind Ivan, Myrtis Jackson, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Kirk, Earle MacVeigh, Emily Marsh, John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "His Grace, The Archbishop of Canterbury"), Sandra Nova, Winston O'Keefe (as "George Bernard Shaw"), Remington Olmstead, Eva Paul, Molly Pearson, Orlo Rexford, Martha Roberts, Leonard Rocky, Edward Ryan Jr., David Showalter, Laurence Siegel, Lawrence Siegle, Betty Sparks, George Vaughan, Gladstone Waldrip, Ruth Wenton, Everett West, Rex Williams (as "His Imperial Highness, Crown Prince Wilhelm"), Monty Woolley (as "His Royal Highness, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales"). Produced by Laurence Schwab.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Rat Race. Written by Garson Kanin. Incidental music by Joe Bushkin. Music arranged by Joe Bushkin. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Garson Kanin. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 22 Dec 1949- 4 Mar 1950 (84 performances). Cast: Georgie Auld (as "Carl"), Joseph Bernard (as "Waiter"), Joe Bushkin (as "Frankie Jay"), Johnny Dale (as "Neighbor"), David Edelman (as "Police Department"), Betty Field (as "Helen Brown"), Belle Flower (as "Neighbor"), Hal Green (as "Ralph"), Pat Harrington Sr. (as "Bo Kerry"), Sherman Kane (as "Tip"), Doro Merande (as "Soda"), 'Dennie Moore (as "Edie Kerry"), 'Barry Nelson' (as "Gus Hammer"), Lou Oles (as "Artie's Man"), Paul Shiers (as "Policeman"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Mac"), Toni Tucci (as "Carl's Girl"), Ray Walston (as "Telephone Man"), Rex Williams (as "Artie Bray"). Note: Filmed by The Perlsea Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Rat Race (1960).
- (1945) Stage Play: The Rugged Path. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Costume Design by Valentina. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Garson Kanin. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Nov 1945- 19 Jan 1946 (81 performances). Cast: Spencer Tracy (as "Morey Vinion"), Paul Alberts, Sandy Campbell, Vito Christi, Clay Clement (as "Col. Rainsford"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Pete Kenneally"), Conrad De La Cruz, Frank De Silva, Nita De Sota, Nick Dennis (as "Fred"), Annette Erlanger, Howard Ferguson, Lawrence Fletcher, Henry Lascoe, Theodore Leavitt, Kay Loring (as "Hazel"), Gordon Nelson, Simeon Ochoco, Cleto M. Oliveras, Eliseo Parrenas, Theodora Racaza, Edward Raquello, Emory Richardson, Francisco Salvacion, William Sands, Peggy Sanford, Lynn Shubert, Martha Sleeper, Jan Sterling (as "Edith Bowsmith"), Margot Stevenson (as "Edith Bowsmith") [replacement actor], David Stone, Clinton Sundberg (as "George Bowsmith"), Sam Sweet, Robin Taylor, Herbert Urbano, Mamerto Ventura, Rex Williams (as "Gil Hartnick"), Ernest Woodward, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (as "Gil Hartnick") [replacement actor]. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Production marked Tracy's only return to the Broadway stage after his entry into films.
- (1950) Stage Play: Live Wire. Comedy. Written by Garson Kanin. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Garson Kanin. Playhouse Theatre: 17 Aug 1950- 9 Sep 1950 (28 performances). Produced by Mike Todd.
- (1953) Stage Play: Men of Distinction. Comedy. Written by Richard Condon. Directed by Martin Gabel. 48th Street Theatre: 30 Apr 1953- 2 May 1953 (4 performances). Cast: Robert Preston (as "Peter Hogarth"), Orson Bean (as "Edgar Grassthal") [Broadway debut], Ralph Bunker (as "Marvin Flynch"), David Burns (as "Daniel Gaffney"), Jean Carson (as "Judy Chalfonte"), Chandler Cowles (as "Carleton Pelter"), Diana Herbert (as "Claudette Chalfonte"), Martin Ritt (as "August Volpone"), Fran Carlon (as "Aunt Florence"), Donald Foster (as "Mayor Thomas Quinlin"), Hollis Irving (as "Doris Commodore"), Dulcy Jordan (as "Dolores Biltmore"), Fran Keegan (as "Barbara Edison"), K.K. Kensington (as "Melissa Marguery"), Mort Marshall (as "Frobisher"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Pringle"), Alma Slocum (as "Edna"), Rex Williams (as "Inspector Dennis Mannion"). Produced by Chandler Cowles and Martin Gabel.
- (1958) Stage Play: Once More, With Feeling. Comedy. Written by Harry Kurnitz. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Directed by George Axelrod. National Theatre: 21 Oct 1958- 6 Jun 1959 (263 performances). Cast: Joseph Cotten (as "Victor Fabian"), Arlene Francis (as "Dolly Fabian"), Walter Matthau (as "Maxwell Archer"), Leon Belasco (as "Gendels"), Ralph Bunker (as "Mr. Wilbur") [final Broadway role], Dan Frazer (as "Interviewer"), Frank Milan (as "Richard Hilliard"), Paul E. Richards (as "Chester Stamm"), Rex Williams (as "Luigi Bardini"). Understudies: Dan Frazer (as "Victor Fabian"), Bill Macy (as "Maxwell Archer") and Greta Markson (as "Dolly Fabian"). Replacement actors: Joseph Buloff (as "Maxwell Archer"), David Opatoshu (as "Maxwell Archer"). Produced by Martin Gabel and Henry M. Margolis. Note: Filmed by Stanley Donen Films [distributed by Columbia Pictures] as Once More, with Feeling! (1960).
- (1966) Stage Play: We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
- (1974) Stage Play: Dreyfus in Rehearsal. Comedy. Written by Jean-Claude Grumberg. Book adapted by Garson Kanin. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Directed by Garson Kanin. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 17 Oct 1974- 26 Oct 1974 (12 performances + 3 previews that began 15 Oct 1974). Cast: Allan Arbus, Harry Davis, Tovah Feldshuh, Ruth Gordon (as "Zina"), Anthony Holland, Peter Kastner, Sam Levene (as "Arnold"), Michael Pendrey, Avery Schreiber (as "Mendl"), Rex Williams (as "Bronislaw") [final Broadway role]. Understudy: May Muth (as "Zina") [final Broadway role]. Produced by David Merrick. Associate Producer: Jack Schissel.
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