Sons o' fun
Contributors: E Street Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1943
Language: eng
Description: National Theatre, E Street Theatre Corporation, lessee, Edmund Plohn, manager, the Messrs. Shubert present Ole Olsen & Johnson Chic in "Sons o' Fun," with Frank Libuse, Joe Besser, Wynn Murray, Lionel Kaye, the Pitchmen, Steve Olsen, Jack Whitney, Margot Brander, June Johnson, Jean Moorehead, Donat Gautier, Moran & Wiser, Donald Green, Bobby Jarvis, Kitty Murray, Rena & D'Amato, Ivan Bankoff, Sidney Gibson, George Karle, Shannon Dean, Magna & Consiglio, Eddie Smith, John Howes, Jerome Williams, John Keno, Crystal Twins, Enkowe & Allen, and Rosario & Antonio, world's most famous Latin-American gypsy dancers, fun by Olsen & Johnson, songs by Jac Yellen & Sam E. Fain, dances and ensembles directed by Robert Alton, scenery and costumes by Raoul Pene DuBois, additional fun by Hal Block, orchestra direction Harold Stern, fun staged and production lighted by Capt. Edward Duryea Dowling, entire production supervised by Harry Kaufman.
Notes: National Theatre, two weeks beginning Monday November 1, 1943.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Frank Libuse, Al Ganz, Al Meyers, Ivan Bankoff, Sid Gibson, William Moran, Kitty Murray, Olsen & Johnson, Joe Besser, George Karle, Steve Olsen, John Howes, Catherine Johnson, Bill Moran, Donald Green, "Shorty" Renna, Ernest D'Amato, June Johnson, Bobby Jarvis, Dennis Smith, Wynn Murray, Jean Moorehead, Jack Whitney, Shannon Dean, Pat Wentzel, John Keno, Helen Magna, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Allen & Enkowe, the Crystal Twins, Carroll & Langan, Judy Sargent, Magna and Consiglio, Ted Cona and the Dancing Boys and Girls, Margot Brander, Gloria Crystal, Mary Boland, Eddy Smith, Donat Gautier, Rosario and Antonio, Mary Barth, Lionel Kaye.

Ensemble: The Misses Grace and Gloria Crystal, Mary Barth, Joanna Carroll, Claire Harvey, Evelyn Laurie, Francies LaSeur, Kay Wilson, Kiki Windsor, Claire Woolsey, Pat Wenzel, Judy Sargent, Dorothy Langan, Mary Boland, Barbara Boyden, Jody Hayes, Alice Ward, Lenore Maddenk, June Farrey, Evelyn Weiss, Tuesday Arthurs, Marion Supple, Callie Lewis. The Messrs. Pul Allen, Sid Enkowe, Ivan Sarnoff, Dennis Smith, John Consiglio, Marty Allen, Bob Cain, Walter Koremin, Robert Val Ladimer, Ted Cona, John Lane, Bob Gillgoar. Interpolated dance music composed by Will Irwin and Silvio Masciarelli, additional music by Jay Levison and Ray Evans, vocal arrangements by Pembroke Davenport, orchestrations under supervison of D. Savion, arrenegments by D. Savino and Charles C. Cooke, curtain caricatures after designs by Hirschfeld.

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