Song of Norway
Contributors: Balanchine, George; Lazarus, Milton; Kay, Arthur; Curran, Homer; Forrest, George, 1915-1999; Wright, Robert, 1914-2005; Imperial Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1945
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Description: The Imperial Theatre, Select Operating Corporation, Edwin Lester presents "Song of Norway," a new operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg, musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, book by Milton Lazarus from a play by Homer Curran, orchestral and choral arrangements by Arthur Kay, choreography and singing ensembles staged by George Balanchine, production designed by Lemuel Ayers, settings supervised by Carl Kent, book direction by Charles K. Freeman, costumes executed by Walter J. Israel, costumes designed by Robert Davison, produced by Mr. Lester.
Notes: The Imperial Theatre, week beginning Sunday, January 14, 1945.

"The Playbill for the Imperial Theatre"--Cover.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Robert Shafer, Janet Hamer, Kent Edwards, Gerald Matthews, Burk Runser, Patti Brady, Jackie Lee, Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Wlater Kingsford, Philip White, Ivy Scott, James Starbuck, Lewis Bolyard, Sig Arno, Irra Petina, Ewing Mitchell, Audrey Guard, Paul de Poyster, Doreen Wilson, Sharon Randall, Karen Lund, Gwen Jones, Ann Andre, Elizabeth Bockoven, Sonia Orlova, Dudley Clements, Gloria Stone, Jeanne Jones, Robert Bernard, Cameron Grant, Dorothie Littlefield, Barbara Boudwin, Sylvia Allen, Shannon Randolph, Olga Suarez, Roland Guerard. Dancing peasants, employees at Tito's, the Ballet of the Teatro Reale, and characters of the fantasy by the artist personnel of The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Sergei J. Denham, director. Roland Guerard, Olga Suarez, James Starbuck, Dorothie Littlefield, Sonia Orlova, Sviatoslav Toumine, Betty Burge, Adda Pourmel, Rosine Sedova, Jeanne Jones, Carlye Ramey, Jean Faust, Anna Wiman, Marjorie Castle, Toni Stuart, Gloria Stone, Harold Haskin, Milton Feher, Charles Bockman, Nat Stoudenmire, Francis Kiernan, Robert Bernoff, Erik Kristen. Singing peasants, guests and faculty at Copenhagen and guests at the Villa Pincio by the singing ensemble of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera: Girls: Ann Andre, Elizabeth Bockoven, Barbara Boudwin, Mary Bradley, Shirley Conklin, Kaye Connors, Audrey Dearden, Audrey Guard, Leone Hall, Gwen Jones, Karen Lund, Sharon Randall, Margaret Ritter, Mary Walker, Doreen Wilson. Boys: Robert Bailes, Lewis E. Bolyard, Frank Brenneman, John Chaloupka, Paul de Poyster, Cameron Grant, Larry Haynes, Hal Horton, Raymond Keast, Hal McMurrin, Arthur Waters, Maurice Winthrop, Stanley Wolfe, Walter Young.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).