George Bell

On stage 2 productions, 15 years

1917	Chu Chin Chow Manhattan Opera House · Original · directed by E. Lyall Swete	208 perf.
1932	Music in the Air Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Hammerstein II (Note in program: The direction is “after the pattern of the original staging, credit for which [Hammerstein shares] with the composer.”)	342 perf.

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