- (1940 - 1965) Active on Broadway [usually credited as Pembroke Davenport] in the following productions:
- Kiss Me, Kate (1948). Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Script by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Based on "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare. Musical Director: Pem Davenport. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Incidental Ballet Music Arranged by Genevieve Pitot. Choreographed by Hanya Holm. Directed by John C. Wilson. New Century Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 31 Jul 1950 to close): 30 Dec 1948- 28 Jul 1951 (1077 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Tom Bole, Mark Breaux, George Cassidy, John Castello, Harry Clark, Edwin Clay, Fred Davis, Jack Diamond, Ann Dunbar, Victor Duntiere, Shirley Eckl, Peggy Ferris, Herb Fields, Lorenzo Fuller, Florence Gault, Noel Gordon, Denis Green, Annabelle Hill, Thomas Hoier, Jean Houloose, Gay Laurence, Bill Lilling, Allan Lowell, Ethel Madsen, Don Mayo, Paul Olson, Helen Rice, Stan Rose, Ingrid Secretan, Eddie Sledge, Matilda Strazza, Gisella Svetlik, Jean Tachau, Glen Tetley, Rudy Tone, Charles Wood. Produced by Arnold Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayers.
- Pal Joey (1963). Comedy (revival). Book by John O'Hara. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Musical Director: Pembroke Davenport. Conducted by Pem Davenport. Choreographed by George Martin and Ethel Martin. Directed by Gus Schirmer. City Center: 29 May 1963- 9 Jun 1963 (15 performances). Cast: Art Barnett (as "Mike Spears"), Nancy Baron (as "Dancer"), Charles Basile (as "Victor"), Emory Bass (as "Ernest"), Gerard Brentte (as "Dancer"), Carol Carlin (as "Dancer"), Shelia Cass (as "Dancer"), Alan Castner (as "Dancer"), George Church (as "Commissioner O'Brien"), John Coyle (as "Escort/Dancer"), Larry Davids (as "Dancer"), Dorothy D'Honau (as "Iris/Dancer"), Marilyn D'Honau (as "Francine/Dancer"), Hamp Dickens (as "Dancer"), Elaine Dunn (as "Gladys Bumps"), Jack Durant (as "Ludlow Lowell"), Dorothy Dushock (as "Diane/Dancer"), Mercedes Ellington (as "Sandra/Dancer"), Shellie Farrell (as "Dottie/Dancer"), Bob Fosse (as "Joey Evans"), Rita Gardner (as "Linda English"), Judith Haskell (as "Dancer"), Jim Hovis (as "Dancer"), Daniel Jasinski (as "Dancer"), Carole Kroon (as "Mickey/Dancer"), John Lankston (as "Louis, The Tenor"), Jann Le Prade (as "Adele/Dancer"), Viveca Lindfors (as "Vera Simpson"), Betty Hyatt Linton (as "Valerie"), David Lober (as "Dancer"), Sigyn Lund (as "Dancer"), Kay Medford (as "Melba Snyder"), Carmen Morales (as "Dancer"), Barbara Richman (as "Dancer"), Paul Reid Roman (as "Dancer"), Bentley Roton (as "Dancer"), John D. Seymour (as "Mr. Hoople"), Patricia Sigris (as "Dancer"), Roy Smith (as "Dancer"), Pat Turner (as "Kid"), Babs Warden (as "Dancer"), Lester Wilson (as "Lester"), George Zima (as "Schultz/Dancer"). Understudies: Charles Basile (as "Joey Evans"), Anne C. Russell (as "Melba Snyder/Vera Simpson"), Pat Turner (as "Gladys Bumps"). Produced by New York City Center Light Opera Company (Jean Dalrymple: Director).
- (1950) Stage Play: Out of This World. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Dance music arranged by Genevieve Pitot. Incidental music arranged by Trude Rittman. Musical Director: Pem Davenport. Assistant to Mr. Davenport: Irving Schlein. Additional direction by George Abbott. Choreographed by Hanya Holm. Assistant to Miss de Mille: Dania Krupska. Directed by Agnes de Mille. New Century Theatre: 21 Dec 1950- 5 May 1951 (157 performances). Cast: Charlotte Greenwood (as "Juno"), David Burns (as "Niki Skolianos"), William Eythe (as "Art O'Malley"), Priscilla Gillette (as "Helen"), William Redfield (as "Mercury"), Barbara Ashley (as "Chloe"), Doria Avila (as "Dancer"), Ken Ayers (as "Singer"), Robert Baird (as "Singer"), Virginia Bosler (as "Dancer"), Janet Collins (as "Night"), Richard Curry (as "Singer"), Joan Engel (as "Dancer"), Nola Fairbanks (as "Singer"), Eleanor Fairchild (as "Dancer"), Enid Hall (as "Singer"), Ray Harrison (as "Strephon"), Joe Hill (as "Singer"), Orrin Hill (as "Singer"), George Jongeyans (as "Jupiter"), Leo Kayeworth (as "Singer"), B.J. Keating (as "Singer"), Michael Kingsley (as "Singer"), Jan Kovac (as "Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "Dancer"), Joan Kruger (as "Dancer"), Paul Lyday (as "Dancer"), Frank Milton (as "Waiter"), Lois Monroe (as "Singer"), Barton Mumaw (as "Dancer"), David Nillo (as "Dancer"), Shirley Ann Prior (as "Singer"), Peggy Rea (as "Vulcania"), Jacqueline Sager (as "Dancer"), John Schickling (as "Singer"), John Schmidt (as "Singer"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Gisella Svetlik (as "Dancer"), Glen Tetley (as "Dancer"), Barbara Weaver (as "Singer"). Understudies: Joe Hill (as "Jupiter"), B.J. Keating (as "Vulcania"), John Mayo (as "Art O'Malley/Waiter"), Frank Milton (as "Mercury/Niki Skolianos"), David Nillo (as "Strephon"), Peggy Rea (as "Juno"), Gisella Svetlik (as "Chloe"), Barbara Weaver (as "Helen"). Produced by Arnold Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayers.
- (1946) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical Drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Staged by Hassard Short. Book directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946- 4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora/Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English/Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French/Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian/Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with guitar"), Tom Bowman (as "Singer"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian/Dancer"), Jan Clayton(as "Magnolia/Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera(as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Frank"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly/Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam/Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer/Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman/Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek/Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch/Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian/Dancer"), Collette Lyons [credited as Colette Lyons] (as "Ellie") [final Broadway role], Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant(as "Mala/Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel/Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal/Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer") [final Broadway role], Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer/Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero/Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata/Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally/Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer/Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Helen Morgan. Ms. Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) revival and Universal's hit 1936 movie Show Boat (1936)_. Ms. Bruce withstood favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan. Film remade by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
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