PLAYBILL SET OF 5 1940s MUSICALS /REVUE PEARL BAILEY, NANCY WALKER, BOBBY CLARK

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1. PLAYBILL for the week beginning JANUARY 31, 1949  FOR THE WINTER GARDEN THEATER  FOR
AS THE GIRLS GO: A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY
STARRING  BOBBY CLARK, IRENE RICH
MUSIC: JIMMY MCHUGH
LYRICS: HAROLD ADAMSON
BOOK: WILLIAM ROOS
PRODUCTION BY: MICHAEL TODD
OPENED: NOVEMBER 13, 1948
CLOSED: JANUARY 14, 1950
NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES:  414
“IN GOOD CONDITION considering the Playbill is 72 years old. Shows expected browning and wear but the paper stock holds up very well.  See photos.”
2. PLAYBILL for the week beginning APRIL 26, 1948   FOR THE ADELPHI THEATER   (NOW DEMOLISHED) FOR
LOOK, MA I'M DANCIN
STARRING  NANCY WALKER, HAROLD LANG, ALICE PEARCE
MUSIC & LYRICS: HUGH MARTIN
BOOK: JEROME LAWRENCE & ROBERT E. LEE
CONCEIVED BY: JEROME ROBBINS
OPENED: JANUARY 29, 1948
CLOSED: JULY 10, 1948
NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES:  188
“IN GOOD CONDITION considering the Playbill is 82 years old. Shows expected browning and wear. See photos.”
3. ORIGINAL PLAYBILL for the week beginning FEBRUARY 4, 1946  FOR THE ALVIN  THEATER  ( NOW THE NEIL SIMON THEATRE) FOR
BILLION DOLLAR BABY : A  MUSICAL PLAY OF THE "TERRIFIC TWENTIES"
STARRING  MITZI GREEN, JOAN MCCRACKEN, DAVID BURNS, HELEN GALLAGHER,
BOOK AND LYRICS: BETTY COMDEN & ADOPLH GREEN
MUSIC:MORTON GOULD
PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY: GEORGE ABBOTT
OPENED:DECEMBER 21, 1945
CLOSED: JUNE 29, 1946
NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES:  220
“IN FAIR CONDITION considering the Playbill is 74 years old. Cover binding is fraying. Lower left hand corner has been mended with scotch tape. Shows expected browning and wear. See photos.”
4. ORIGINAL  PLAYBILL for the week beginning MAY 6, 1946   FOR THE MARTIN BECK THEATER  ( NOW THE AL HIRSHFELD) FOR
St. LOUIS WOMAN: A New Musical Play
STARRING  PEARL BAILEY, THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS, REX INGRAM, JUANITA HALL
MUSIC: HAROLD ARLEN
LYRICS: JOHNNY MERCER
BOOK: ARNA BONTEMPS and COUNTEE CULLEN
PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY: ROUBEN MAMOULIAN
OPENED: MARCH 30, 1946
CLOSED: JULY 6, 1946
NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES:  113
5. ORIGINAL PLAYBILL for the week beginning JULY 15, 1946  for the original famous ZIEGFELD THEATER  (demolished in 1966) for
SHOW BOAT:  a new production based on the novel by Edna Ferber
STARRING  BUDDY EBSEN, CAROL BRUCE
BOOK & LYRICS: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd
MUSIC : JEROME KERN
OPENED: JANUARY 5, 1946
CLOSED:JANUARY 4, 1947
NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES:  418
“IN FAIR CONDITION considering the Playbill is 74 years old. Shows expected browning ( especially on cover borders) and wear. Slight tear on top left of cover.See photos.”
EACH IS A COLLECTIBLE PLAYBILL WITH INTERESTING  ARTICLES AND ADS  INCLUDING ADS FOR RESTAURANTS AND NIGHT CLUBS THAT NO LONGER EXIST WHICH  EVOKE THE  1940s
EACH IS AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO A  PLAYBILL COLLECTION OF