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Shows · Carmen Jones · Broadway Theatre, 1943

Carmen Jones, 1943

Opened December 2, 1943

Closed June 17, 1956

502 performances

Broadway Theatre

Original

Broadway

Carmen Jones

Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 48th longest run.

Other stagings of Carmen Jones 3 more

1945
City CenterBroadway Revival, directed by Hassard Short
21 performances
1946
City CenterBroadway Revival, directed by Hassard Short
32 performances
1992
ProductionLondon

Who was in it109 named

Lee Allen
Viola Anderson
William Archer
Albert Bailey
Robert Bailey
Valerie Black
Al Bledger
Willie May Bourne
Raymond Brooks
Carmine Brown
Oliver Busch
Howard Carter
Edward Christopher
Ruth Crumpton
William Davis
Richard Devaultier
Hubert Dilworth
Edwina Divers
Anne Dixon
George Dosher
E Drayton
L Drayton
Marguerite Duncan
Melvin Duncan
Tony Fleming Jr
Posie Flowers
Carlota Franzell
Awilda Frasier
Mary Graham
Richard Granady
J Prioreau Gray
Frank Green
Joe Green
Oliver Hamilton
Erona Harris
Mabel Hart
Elijah Hodges
James Holman
Sheldon B Hoskins
Melvin Howard
Gilbert Irvis
Richard James
Rhoda Johnson
Clarence Jones
William Jones
Elsie Kennedy
David Lee
Urylee Leonardos
Daniel Lloyd
Fredye Marshall
Maithe Marshall
Dorothy Mcnichols
Vera Mcnichols
Theresa Merritte
Dick Montgomery
Vivienne Mussenden
Frank Neal
Betty Nichols
Joseph A Noble
Bill O Neil
Alford Pierre
Evelyn Pilcher
Bertha Powell
Muriel Rahn
Arthur Rames
Fred Randall
Napoleon Reed
Chauncey Reynolds
John Richards
J Flashe Riley
Edward Roche
Carmencita Romero
Edith Ross
Jessica Russell
Mildred Saffold
Randolph Sawyer
James Scott
Randolph Scott
P Jay Sidney
Robert Smith
Randall Steplight
Andrew Taylor
Harold Taylor
Edward Lee Tyler
Carlos van Putten
Audrey Vanterpool
Delano Vanterpool
Elton J Warren
Mattie Washington
Leroy Westfall
Ethel White
Dorothy Williams
George Willis
Robert Woodland
William Woolfolk

Creative team

Choreographer
Eugene Loring
Producer
Billy Rose

Recordings

4 recordings of Carmen Jones exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Carmen Jones for all of them.

Around this production

For the leading role of Carmen, Muriel Smith and Muriel Rahn alternated performances, as did Luther Saxon and Napoleon Reed for Joe (Smith and Saxon performed on opening night). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 544

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