# Herman Shumlin

Herman Shumlin (December 6, 1898, Atwood, Colorado – June 4, 1979, New York City) was a prolific Broadway theatrical director and theatrical producer, beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all-male cast. He also directed two movies, including Watch on the Rhine (1943), which he had first directed and produced on Broadway in 1941.
During a Broadway career lasting 47 years, he was the director, producer, or both, of 45 productions, including three separate productions of The Corn Is Green (1940, 1943, and 1950). Other productions include The Little Foxes (1939), Watch on the Rhine (1941), and Inherit the Wind (1955). Inherit the Wind ran for 806 performances, and was made into a movie in 1960 starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly, and has been remade three times since, in 1965, 1988, and 1999.
Shumlin taught directing in the Theater Department of The City College of New York in the 1960s and 1970s. As well as Watch on the Rhine, he directed the movie Confidential Agent (1945).

## Theatre credits

| Date | Title | Venue | Notes |
| December 26, 1927 – January 1928 | Celebrity | Lyceum Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| October 3 – October 1928 | The Command Performance | Klaw Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| November 13, 1928 – January 1929 | To-Night at 12 | Hudson Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| October 23, 1929 – October 1929 | Button, Button | Bijou Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| February 13 – October 1930 | The Last Mile | Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| November 13, 1930 – December 1931 | Grand Hotel | National Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| September 14 – December 3, 1932 | Clear All Wires | Times Square Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| October 17, 1933 – January 1934 | Ten Minute Alibi | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City | Director |
| September 13 – September 1934 | The Bride of Torozko | Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| November 20, 1934 – July 1936 | The Children's Hour | Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| October 11 – October 1935 | Sweet Mystery of Life | Shubert Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| December 15 – December 1936 | Days to Come | Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| February 21 – March 1938 | Wine of Choice | Guild Theatre, New York City | Director |
| December 28, 1938 – January 1939 | The Merchant of Yonkers | Guild Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| February 15, 1939 – February 1940 | The Little Foxes | National Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| January 9 – August 3, 1940 | The Male Animal | Cort Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| November 26, 1940 – January 17, 1942 | The Corn Is Green | National Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| April 1, 1941 – February 21, 1942 | Watch on the Rhine | Martin Beck Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| November 26 – December 19, 1942 | The Great Big Doorstep | Morosco Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| May 3 – June 19, 1943 | The Corn Is Green | Martin Beck Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| April 12, 1944 – January 20, 1945 | The Searching Wind | Fulton Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| October 17 – November 4, 1944 | The Visitor | Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| March 20 – June 23, 1945 | Kiss Them for Me | Belasco Theatre and Fulton Theatre, New York City | Director |
| February 21–28, 1946 | Jeb | Martin Beck Theatre, New York City | Producer, director, production supervisor |
| March 30 – April 9, 1949 | The Biggest Thief in Town | Mansfield Theatre, New York City | Director |
| January 11–22, 1950 | The Corn Is Green | New York City Center, New York City | Volunteer consultant |
| September 18 – November 4, 1950 | Daphne Laureola | Music Box Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| February 20 – March 10, 1951 | The High Ground | 48th Street Theatre, New York City | Director |
| September 4 – November 10, 1951 | Lace on Her Petticoat | Booth Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| November 19–24, 1951 | To Dorothy, A Son | John Golden Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| January 30 – February 2, 1952 | Gertie | Plymouth Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| April 22 – May 17, 1952 | Candida | National Theatre, New York City | Director |
| October 13 – November 1, 1952 | The Gambler | Lyceum Theatre, New York City | Director |
| November 20, 1954 – February 26, 1955 | Wedding Breakfast | 48th Street Theatre, New York City | Director |
| April 21, 1955 – June 22, 1957 | Inherit the Wind | National Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| January 29 – May 2, 1959 | Tall Story | Belasco Theatre, New York City | Director |
| November 19 – December 12, 1959 | Only in America | Cort Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| December 1–17, 1960 | Little Moon of Alban | Longacre Theatre, New York City | Director |
| March 2 – July 10, 1963 | Dear Me, The Sky is Falling | Music Box Theatre, New York City | Director |
| September 24, 1963 | Bicycle Ride to Nevada | Cort Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| February 26 – November 28, 1964 | The Deputy | Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City | Producer, director |
| December 14, 1967 – June 8, 1968 | Spofford | ANTA Playhouse, New York City | Playwright, director |
| May 1–18, 1968 | Soldiers | Billy Rose Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| October 7–26, 1974 | Flowers | Biltmore Theatre, New York City | Producer |
| December 3–8, 1974 | As You Like It | Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City | Producer |