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Shows · Where’s Charley? · St. James Theatre, 1948

Where’s Charley?, 1948

Opened October 11, 1948

Closed March 10, 1951

792 performances

St. James Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 20th longest run.

Other stagings of Where’s Charley? 2 more

1951
Broadway TheatreBroadway Return-Engagement, directed by George Balanchine
48 performances
1974
Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Theodore Mann
76 performances

Who was in it54 named

Mary Alice Bingham
James Bird
Geraldine Delaney
Alex Dunaeff
Marge Ellis
George Enke
Marie Foster
Dan Gallagher
Bobby Harrell
Bob Held
Jane Judge
Edgar Kent
Ray Kyle
James Lane
John Lynds
Marcia Maier
Betty Oakes
Eleanor Parker
Hazel Patterson
Stowe Phelps
Katharine Reeve
Walter Rinner
Nina Starkey
Susan Stewart
Gloria Sullivan
Ernest Taylor
Bill Weber
Irene Weston
Ken Whelan
Beverlee Bozeman
Joan Chandler
Rose Inghram
Allyn Mclerie
Ruth Mcvayne
William Scully
Toni Stuart
Gordon West
Hazel Willer

Creative team

Director
George Abbott
Choreographer
George Balanchine
Producer
Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin
Orchestrations
Ted Royal 3

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Around this production

October 11, 1948 St. Ffames Theatre 792 performances Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 430

I found myself almost convinced that I was watching the immensely entertaining Morse in a revival of Charley’s Aunt [1892], or even Where’s Charley? [1948]. But it was merely Sugar.

More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 900

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