ORSON WELLES Bound Volume "AROUND THE WORLD" Cole Porter 1946 Playbills Tickets

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This is a rare bound volume of fourteen Broadway Playbills from the Summer of 1946, several with ticket stubs: (1)
June 24th, 1946 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the HAROLD ROME and ARNOLD AUERBACH "Gay Welcome Home" musical revue "CALL ME MISTER" at the National Theatre starring
BETTY GARRETT
. (The production opened April 18th, 1946 and ran for 734 performances.) ..... (2)
June 24th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs) from the Original Broadway production of the MAXINE WOOD play "ON WHITMAN AVENUE" at the Cort Theatre starring
CANADA LEE. (The production opened May 8th, 1946 and ran for 150 performances.) ..... (3)
June 24th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs) from the Original Broadway production of the ARNAUD d'USSEAU and JAMES GOW play "DEEP ARE THE ROOTS" at the Fulton Theatre starring
FRANCES WALLER. (The production opened September 26th, 1945 and ran for 477 performances.)
..... (4)
June 24th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs) from the Original Broadway production of the
MARY CHASE comedy "HARVEY" at the Forty-Eighth Street Theatre
starring
FRANK FAY. (The
production opened November 1st, 1944 and ran for 1775 performances
.)
..... (5) July 15th, 1946 playbill
from the Original Broadway production of the TENNESSEE WILLIAMS drama "THE GLASS MENAGERIE" at the Playhouse Theatre starring
LAURETTE TAYLOR and EDDIE DOWLING and featuring JULIE HAYDON and ANTHONY ROSS.
(The production opened March 31st, 1945 and ran for 563 performances.) ..... (6)
July 29th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs) from the Original Broadway production of the ORSON WELLES and COLE PORTER musical "AROUND THE WORLD" ("In Eighty Days") at the Adelphi Theatre starring
ORSON WELLES as "Detective Dick Fix"
. (The production opened May 31st, 1946 and closed after only 75 performances.) ..... (7)
July 29th, 1946 playbill
from the Original Broadway production of the PHILIP YORDAN play "ANNA LUCASTA" at the Mansfield Theatre. (The production opened August 30th, 1944 and ran for 957 performances.)
..... (8) August 12th, 1946 playbill for Sonja Henie's "ICETIME" at the Center Theatre in Rockefeller Center ..... (9)
August 12th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs)
from the Original Broadway production of the IRVING BERLIN, HERBERT FIELDS and DOROTHY FIELDS musical hit "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" at the Imperial Theatre starring ETHEL MERMAN. (The production opened May 17th, 1946 and ran for 1147 performances.) ..... (10) August 26th, 1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs)
from the Broadway revival of the JEROME KERN and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II musical comedy "SHOW BOAT" at the Ziegfeld Theatre starring
CAROL BRUCE as "Julie", RALPH DUMKE as "Cap'n Andy", HELEN DOWDY as "Queenie", ETHEL OWEN as "Parthy Ann Hawks", NANCY KENYON as "Magnolia", BUDDY EBSEN as "Frank" and CHARLES FREDERICKS as "Gaylord Ravenal"
. (The Original Broadway production opened December 27th, 1927 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 575 performances. The revival opened January 5th, 1946 and ran for 418 performances.) ..... (11) September 2nd,
1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs)
from the Broadway revival of the
VICTOR HERBERT and HENRY BLOSSOM musical "THE RED MILL" at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre starring
JACK WHITING, ODETTE MYRTIL, DOROTHY STONE and JACK ALBERTSON and featuring JACK CASSIDY
. (The production opened October 16th, 1945 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, later moved to the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre and ran for a total of 531 performances.) ..... (12)
September 2nd,
1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs)
from the
Original Broadway production of the ELMER RICE comedy "DREAM GIRL" at the Coronet Theatre starring BETTY FIELD. (The production opened December 14th, 1945 and ran for 348 performances while simultaneously playing on the road.)
..... (13)
September 9th,
1946 playbill (with two ticket stubs)
from the
Original Broadway production of the
HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE comedy "STATE OF THE UNION" at the Hudson Theatre starring RALPH BELLAMY and KAY FRANCIS.
(The production opened November 14th, 1945 and ran for 765 performances.) ..... (14)
September 9th,
1946 playbill (with a ticket stub)
from the
Original Broadway production of the NANCY HAMILTON and MORGAN LEWIS musical revue "THREE TO MAKE READY" at the Adelphi Theatre starring RAY BOLGER. (The show opened March 7th, 1946 and ran for 327 performances.)
..... DETAILS: The bound volume with fourteen playbills measures 7" X 9 1/4" inches and has PLAYBILL / Summer 1946 in gold letters on the binding. The playbills that include ticket stubs have the stubs stapled to the covers ..... CONDITION: With the exception of surface marks to the cover, a tear to the inside seam at the front, a previous owner's address label inside the front cover and light creasing and moderate edge wear to some of the playbills, this rare volume is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and bubble wrapped for safe transport.