Original Listing Description

This is a beautiful February 24th, 1930 program (playbill) from the opening weeks of the Original Broadway production of the ED WYNN, GUY BOLTON, RICHARD RODGERS and LORENZ HART musical comedy "SIMPLE SIMON" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. (The production opened February 18th, 1930 and ran for 135 performances.) ..... The musical starred ED WYNN "The Perfect Fool" and featured RUTH ETTING, PAUL STANTON, ALFRED P. JAMES, WILL AHERN, BOBBE ARNST, BEN CARSWELL, DOREE LESLIE, LENNOX PAWLE, HUGH CAMERON, Master GEORGE OFFERMANN, GIL WHITE, ALAN EDWARDS, HELEN WALSH, HAZEL FORBES, DOUGLAS STANBURY, JOSEPH SCHRODE, PETE LA DELLA, FRANK DE WITT, WILLIAM J. FERRY, HARRIET HOCTOR, MARY COYLE, CLEMENTINE RIGEAU, ELAINE MANN, AGNES FRANEY, VIRGINIA McNAUGHTEN, PATSY O'DAY, ELSIE BEHRENS, MABLE BAADE, MARIE CONWAL, GLADYS PENDER, DOROTHY PATTERSON, LOIS PECK, NEVA LYNN, DOLORES GRANT, FRIEDA MIERSE, GEORGIA PAYNE, CAJA ERIC, BLANCHE SATCHEL, MARION DODGE and PIRKKO ALQUIST ..... CREDITS: Music by RICHARD RODGERS; Lyrics by LORENZ HART (together, the composer and lyricist for "The Boys From Syracuse", "A Connecticut Yankee", "Babes In Arms", "By Jupiter", "Higher and Higher", "Pal Joey", "I Married An Angel", "I'd Rather Be Right", "Too Many Girls" and "On Your Toes"); Book by ED WYNN and GUY BOLTON; Sets designed by JOSEPH URBAN; Costumes designed by SCHNEIDER ANDERSON; Artistic Direction by JOHN W. HARKRIDER; Choreographed by SEYMOUR FELIX; Directed by ZEKE COLVAN; Produced by FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr. ..... DETAILS: The 52 page program measures 5 1/4" X 7 7/8" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the leading actors and wonderful vintage advertising, but no cast photos. Producer FLORENZ ZIEGFELD has added full page photos of the stars of his current and upcoming Broadway shows. These include his wife, BILLIE BURKE, EVELYN LAYE in "Bitter Sweet" and MARILYN MILLER, FRED ASTAIRE and ADELE ASTAIRE (in "Smiles", a new production opening in November) ..... BONUS: Includes a full page ad featuring BARBARA NEWBERRY, wearing a new Spring Ensemble from Alex A. Aarons and Vincent Freedley's latest musical "HEADS UP". The gown was created by HERBERT SONDHEIM (Stephen Sondheim's father) of Sondheim-Levy, New York (shown in the fifteenth scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

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