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Sing Out the News
Broadway
Revue
Original
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Sing Out the News Playbill - January 1939
Sing Out the News
Broadway
Revue
Original
Music Box Theatre
239 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Harold J. Rome
music:
Harold J. Rome
People (103)
June Allyson
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Bruce Barclay
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
John Barry
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Second Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Add Bates
Guest
(Original)
Iceman
(Original)
John Benton
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Photographer
(Original)
Daisy Bernier
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
First Couple
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Script Girl
(Original)
Stephina
(Original)
Boys of Today
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
Ethel Brown
Girl
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Lillyan Brown
Neighbor
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Sibol Cain
Guest
(Original)
Jim's Wife
(Original)
Warren Coleman
Bartender
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Traverse Crawford
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Fred Deming
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Elizabeth Dozier
Guest
(Original)
Maid
(Original)
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Ranolds Dupler
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Policeman in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Second Policeman
(Original)
Eleanor Eberle
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Debutante
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Sally Ellis
Guest
(Original)
Man's Wife
(Original)
Joey Faye
Harpo Marx
(Original)
Hirohito
(Original)
Junior
(Original)
Meyerowitz
(Original)
Pete
(Original)
Second Couple
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
The Florodora Girls
Performer
(Original)
Dorothy Fox
"My Heart is Unemployed" Dancer
(Original)
Peace
(Original)
Miriam Franklin
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Jane Fraser
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Joel Friend
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Chick Gagnon
Cameraman
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Ortho Gaines
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Edward Galloway
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Will Geer
Father
(Original)
First Tycoon
(Original)
Hitler
(Original)
Jim in "I Married a Republican"
(Original)
Mr. Speaker
(Original)
W.S. Van Dyke
(Original)
Rosalind Gordon
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Ray Harrison
Guest
(Original)
Kid
(Original)
Ben Holmes
Man's Children
(Original)
Richard Huey
Guest
(Original)
Man with Baby Carriage
(Original)
Rex Ingram
Jim in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Mr. Jones
(Original)
Cecil Jackson
Minstrel
(Original)
Georgia Jarvis
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
George Jones, Jr.
Deacon
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Gus Jones
Drunk
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Charles Lawrence
A Writer
(Original)
Benes
(Original)
Fourth Tycoon
(Original)
Mac
(Original)
Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Secretary
(Original)
Slot Machine Man
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Kathryn Lazell
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Thelma Lee
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Guest
(Original)
Second Gangster
(Original)
Harry Lewis
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Lewis and Van
Performer
(Original)
James A. Lillard
Guest
(Original)
Man in Window
(Original)
Christina Lind
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Mayor's Secretary
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
The Girl
(Original)
Leslie Litomy
Another Writer
(Original)
Charlie
(Original)
Chester
(Original)
Chico Marx
(Original)
First Couple
(Original)
Magistrate
(Original)
Second Tycoon
(Original)
Stalin
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Philip Loeb
"Yip Ahoy, or Adrift on the Old Prairie" Performer
(Original)
Ed
(Original)
Gentleman from Virginia
(Original)
Groucho Marx
(Original)
L.B.
(Original)
Mayor LaGuardia
(Original)
Third Tycoon
(Original)
Uncle Sam
(Original)
Michael Loring
"My Heart is Unemployed" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Daladier
(Original)
The Boy
(Original)
Third Couple
(Original)
Tom
(Original)
Tyrone Power
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Henrietta Lovelace
Drunk's Wife
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Jimmy Lydon
First Boy
(Original)
Newsboy
(Original)
Shirley Macy
Man's Children
(Original)
Wanda Macy
Man's Children
(Original)
Ginger Manners
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
A Girl
(Original)
Janet
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Professor
(Original)
Second Couple
(Original)
Emmet Matthews
First Gangster
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Elizabeth McDowell
Twin
(Original)
Estelle McDowell
Twin
(Original)
Sadie McGill
Gambling Woman
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Elmaurice Miller
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Tomas Mitchell
"Time- The Present" Performer
(Original)
Michael Moore
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Reporter
(Original)
Fred Nay
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
B. Norris
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Bernard Pearce
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Jean Peters
Performer
(Original)
Jackie Petty
Drunk's Daughter
(Original)
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Burton Pierce
"My Heart is Unemployed" Dancer
(Original)
Diplomat
(Original)
Ethel Remey
Mrs. Rittenhouse
(Original)
Bruce Rogers
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Ben Ross
Assistant to Van Dyke
(Original)
First Policeman
(Original)
Mussolini
(Original)
Hazel Scott
Guest
(Original)
The Belle
(Original)
Hiram Sherman
"Plaza 6-9423" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Introduction
(Original)
Chamberlain
(Original)
Gentleman from Vermont
(Original)
Hal
(Original)
John W. Angel
(Original)
Robert Morley
(Original)
Maude Simmons
Fortune Teller
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Edwin Smith
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Herbert Sumpter
Guest
(Original)
Kid
(Original)
Second Boy in "Up, Fiorello!"
(Original)
Grant Timmons
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Sonny Timmons
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Allen Tinney
Guest
(Original)
Second Boy in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
William Tinney
First Boy
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
The Virginians
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
Angels
(Original)
Minstrels
(Original)
Policemen in "Up, Fiorello!"
(Original)
Ben Wailes
Guest
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Mary Jane Walsh
"Entre Nous" Performer
(Original)
"My Heart is Unemployed" Performer
(Original)
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Lucille
(Original)
Norma
(Original)
President's Messenger
(Original)
Third Couple
(Original)
Howard Warriner
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Clarence Wheeler
Guest
(Original)
Trumpet Player
(Original)
Madelyn White
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Louie Williams
Dandy
(Original)
Lucille Williams
Guest
(Original)
Musa Williams
Another Neighbor
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Mae Williamson
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Maud Williamson
Guest
(Original)
Lucille Wilson
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Howard Woodford
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
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June Allyson
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Bruce Barclay
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
John Barry
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Second Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Add Bates
Guest
(Original)
Iceman
(Original)
John Benton
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Photographer
(Original)
Daisy Bernier
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
First Couple
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Script Girl
(Original)
Stephina
(Original)
Boys of Today
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
Ethel Brown
Girl
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Lillyan Brown
Neighbor
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Sibol Cain
Guest
(Original)
Jim's Wife
(Original)
Warren Coleman
Bartender
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Traverse Crawford
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Fred Deming
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Elizabeth Dozier
Guest
(Original)
Maid
(Original)
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Ranolds Dupler
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Policeman in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Second Policeman
(Original)
Eleanor Eberle
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Debutante
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Sally Ellis
Guest
(Original)
Man's Wife
(Original)
Joey Faye
Harpo Marx
(Original)
Hirohito
(Original)
Junior
(Original)
Meyerowitz
(Original)
Pete
(Original)
Second Couple
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
The Florodora Girls
Performer
(Original)
Dorothy Fox
"My Heart is Unemployed" Dancer
(Original)
Peace
(Original)
Miriam Franklin
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Jane Fraser
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Joel Friend
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Chick Gagnon
Cameraman
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Ortho Gaines
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Edward Galloway
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Will Geer
Father
(Original)
First Tycoon
(Original)
Hitler
(Original)
Jim in "I Married a Republican"
(Original)
Mr. Speaker
(Original)
W.S. Van Dyke
(Original)
Rosalind Gordon
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Ray Harrison
Guest
(Original)
Kid
(Original)
Ben Holmes
Man's Children
(Original)
Richard Huey
Guest
(Original)
Man with Baby Carriage
(Original)
Rex Ingram
Jim in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Mr. Jones
(Original)
Cecil Jackson
Minstrel
(Original)
Georgia Jarvis
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
George Jones, Jr.
Deacon
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Gus Jones
Drunk
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Charles Lawrence
A Writer
(Original)
Benes
(Original)
Fourth Tycoon
(Original)
Mac
(Original)
Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Secretary
(Original)
Slot Machine Man
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Kathryn Lazell
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Thelma Lee
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Guest
(Original)
Second Gangster
(Original)
Harry Lewis
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Lewis and Van
Performer
(Original)
James A. Lillard
Guest
(Original)
Man in Window
(Original)
Christina Lind
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Mayor's Secretary
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
The Girl
(Original)
Leslie Litomy
Another Writer
(Original)
Charlie
(Original)
Chester
(Original)
Chico Marx
(Original)
First Couple
(Original)
Magistrate
(Original)
Second Tycoon
(Original)
Stalin
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Philip Loeb
"Yip Ahoy, or Adrift on the Old Prairie" Performer
(Original)
Ed
(Original)
Gentleman from Virginia
(Original)
Groucho Marx
(Original)
L.B.
(Original)
Mayor LaGuardia
(Original)
Third Tycoon
(Original)
Uncle Sam
(Original)
Michael Loring
"My Heart is Unemployed" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Daladier
(Original)
The Boy
(Original)
Third Couple
(Original)
Tom
(Original)
Tyrone Power
(Original)
Ways and Means Committee
(Original)
Henrietta Lovelace
Drunk's Wife
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Jimmy Lydon
First Boy
(Original)
Newsboy
(Original)
Shirley Macy
Man's Children
(Original)
Wanda Macy
Man's Children
(Original)
Ginger Manners
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
A Girl
(Original)
Janet
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Professor
(Original)
Second Couple
(Original)
Emmet Matthews
First Gangster
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Elizabeth McDowell
Twin
(Original)
Estelle McDowell
Twin
(Original)
Sadie McGill
Gambling Woman
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Elmaurice Miller
Guest
(Original)
Quartette
(Original)
Tomas Mitchell
"Time- The Present" Performer
(Original)
Michael Moore
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Reporter
(Original)
Fred Nay
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
B. Norris
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Bernard Pearce
Class of 1938
(Original)
Colleague
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Jean Peters
Performer
(Original)
Jackie Petty
Drunk's Daughter
(Original)
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
The Jones Family
(Original)
Burton Pierce
"My Heart is Unemployed" Dancer
(Original)
Diplomat
(Original)
Ethel Remey
Mrs. Rittenhouse
(Original)
Bruce Rogers
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Ben Ross
Assistant to Van Dyke
(Original)
First Policeman
(Original)
Mussolini
(Original)
Hazel Scott
Guest
(Original)
The Belle
(Original)
Hiram Sherman
"Plaza 6-9423" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Introduction
(Original)
Chamberlain
(Original)
Gentleman from Vermont
(Original)
Hal
(Original)
John W. Angel
(Original)
Robert Morley
(Original)
Maude Simmons
Fortune Teller
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Edwin Smith
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Herbert Sumpter
Guest
(Original)
Kid
(Original)
Second Boy in "Up, Fiorello!"
(Original)
Grant Timmons
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Sonny Timmons
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Allen Tinney
Guest
(Original)
Second Boy in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
William Tinney
First Boy
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
The Virginians
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
Angels
(Original)
Minstrels
(Original)
Policemen in "Up, Fiorello!"
(Original)
Ben Wailes
Guest
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Mary Jane Walsh
"Entre Nous" Performer
(Original)
"My Heart is Unemployed" Performer
(Original)
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Performer
(Original)
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Lucille
(Original)
Norma
(Original)
President's Messenger
(Original)
Third Couple
(Original)
Howard Warriner
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Clarence Wheeler
Guest
(Original)
Trumpet Player
(Original)
Madelyn White
"Time-The Present" Performer
(Original)
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
Louie Williams
Dandy
(Original)
Lucille Williams
Guest
(Original)
Musa Williams
Another Neighbor
(Original)
Guest
(Original)
Mae Williamson
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Maud Williamson
Guest
(Original)
Lucille Wilson
Passerby in "One of These Fine Days"
(Original)
Howard Woodford
Class of 1938
(Original)
Minstrel
(Original)
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Charles Friedman
Sketches
Staging
George S. Kaufman
Uncredited Book Doctoring
Produced in Association with
Moss Hart
Uncredited Book Doctoring
Produced in Association with
Harold J. Rome
Music
Lyrics
Will Irwin
Ballet Music
Ned McGurn
Choreographer
Dave Gould
Choreographer
Charles Walters
Choreographer
"Peace and the Diplomat" Staging
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
John Hambleton
Costume Design
Hans Spialek
Orchestrations
Max Gordon
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
24
1938
Closing Date
Jan
7
1939
Performances
105
as of Jun 06, 2025
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