Shows · Rainbow · Gallo Theatre, 1928
Rainbow, 1928
Of the productions that opened in the 1920s, this had the 1,294th longest run.
Who was in it88 named
Margaret Alexander
Ward Arnold
Ann Austin
May Barnes
James H Beattie
Sadie Black
Chester Bree
Harriette Brinton
Milton Brodus
Phyllis Buck
Virla Buley
Lee Byrne
Bobbie Campbell
Mary Carney
Vladimir Chavdaroff
Kitty Coleman
Ann Constance
Christine Crane
Vincent Curran
Thomas Dendy
Dorothy Dodd
Leo Dugan
Stewart Edwards
La Vergne Evans
Fanny
Grace Fleming
Maud Florenz
Randall Fryer
Vincent Funaro
Frank Gagen
Christine Gallagher
Christopher Gerard
Margaret Grove
J Donald Heebner
Ludovic Huot
Cyril Joyce
Evelyn Kermin
Frank Kimball
Frank King
Harry Lake
Larry Larkin
Rupert Lucas
Helen Lynd
Charles Mack
Leo Mack
Helen Madigan
George Magis
Edith Martin
Ruth Martin
Pauline Maxwell
Glenn Mccomas
Clinton Mcleer
Betty Mcnulty
Beth Meredith
Mildred Morgan
Leo Nash
Edward Nemo
Ruby Nevins
Raymond Otto
Lewis Parker
Henry Pemberton
Dorothy Pensel
John Perkins
Margaret Pidgin
Charles Ralph
Helen Rauth
Rowena Scott
Betty Sherman
Thomas Sternfeld
Paul Taft
Lu Talbott
Margaret Todd
Valla Valentinova
Efin Vitis
Ralph Walker
Jean Watson
Betty Waxton
Emily Wentz
Claire White
Eleanor Witmar
Creative team
- Director
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Choreographer
- Busby Berkeley
Around this production
This ambitious frontier musical featured music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Despite its impressive pedigree and spectacular staging, it ran only 29 performances.
The album Barry Manilow’s Showstoppers was released by Arista Records (CD # 07822-18687-2); for “Look to the Rainbow” Manilow was joined by Barbara Cook, and for “Fugue for Tinhorns” the trio was sung by Michael Crawford, Hinton Battle, and Manilow. The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 78
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