A tree grows in Brooklyn
Contributors: Shackleton, Robert, approximately 1914-1956; Schirmer, Gus; Balin, Ed; Fuller, Dean; Littau, Joseph; Sharaff, Irene; Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974; Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984; Smith, Betty, 1896-1972; Sam S. Shubert Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1952
Language: eng
Description: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, operated by American Theatre Corporation, president and managing director Milton Shubert, resident manager Bernie Ferber, the Messrs. Shubert present Joan Blondell, in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," with Robert Shackleton, Evelyn Ward, John Vivyan, Anne Mary Tallon, Betty Bartley, book by Betty Smith and George Abbott, music by Arthur Schwartz, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, based on Betty Smith's novel, production directed by Gus Schirmer Jr., dances and musical numbers staged by Edmund Balin, costumes by Irene Sharaff, dance arrangements by Dean Fuller, musical direction by Joseph Littau, production supervision by Robert Fryer.
Notes: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Washington, D.C., two weeks beginning Oct. 27, 1952.

Title devised by Library staff.

Portrait of Joan Blondell on front cover.

Cast: J. Corky Geil, Walter Rinner, Betty Bartley, Jeri Talbot, William Beckham, Evelyn Ward, William Graham, Robert Shackleton, Joan Blondell, John Vivyan, Bill Ambler, Belle Flower, Robert St. Clair, Rita Karlin, Al Fiorella, Pat Stanley, Anne Mary Tallon, Le Roi Operti. Dancers: Adele Aron, William Beckham, Ray Damore, Albert Fiorella, J. Corky Geil, Patti Karkalits, Rita Karlin, Marie Koerber, Walter Rinner, Pat Stanley, Robert St. Clair. Singers: Bill Ambler, Joe DePauw, Cliff Garfield, Rosa Gesuell, Raynor Howell, Peggy Kinard, Dorothy Mirr, Michelle Reiner, Lise Sorrell, Jeri Talbot.

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