- (1899 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: Whirl-i-gig. Vaudeville/burlesque. Written by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 21 Sep 1899- 5 May 1900 (270 performances). Cast: George Ali [Broadway debut], Pearl Andrews, Frankie Bailey, Peter F. Dailey, Lew Fields, John T. Kelly, Bonnie Maginn, Lulu Nichols, Mabel Nichols, Irene Perry, Ilma Pratt, Charles J. Ross, Lillian Russell, David Warfield, Joseph M. Weber. Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1900) Stage Play: Fiddle-dee-dee. Musical [production was composed of the following shows: Fiddle-dee-dee, Quo Vass Iss? Arizona, Exhibit II]. All shows directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 6 Sep 1900- 20 Apr 1901 (262 performances). Fiddle-dee-dee: Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: George Ali (as "Leo"), Eva Allen (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Allen (as "Fantine"), Merrie Andrews (as "Ensemble"), Cora Appleby (as "Ensemble"), Florence Bell (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Canby (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Clayton (as "Specialty Dancer"), Florence Deshone (as "Ensemble"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Asbury Sands"), Florence Dressler (as "Fourchette"), Blondie Dyer (as "Ensemble"), Marie Early (as "Ensemble"), Lotta Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Lew Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Mazie Follette (as "Fandango/Ensemble"), Virginia Foltz (as "Budd Carmichael/Basbleu"), Charles Fostelle (as "Birdie McSorley"), Olive Green (as "Ensemble"), Dappy Grey (as "J. Withers Belton"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Lillian Heckler (as "Wilton Warmington"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr/Duryea Starchleigh"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Hoffman Barr"), Violet Jewell (as "Ensemble/Seguedilla"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), May Kissam (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Bolero/Ensemble"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Mariette/Nestor Puffer"), May McKenzie (as "Cinqcentime"), Goldie Mohr (as "Nervie Tartington/Charley Horseleigh"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), May Page (as "Ensemble"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Ensemble/Garta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Ensemble/Torchon"), Inez Ray (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Richmond (as "Madison Parks"), Belle Robinson (as "Googoo/Cachuca"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Waldorf Meadowbrook"), Dottie Ryder (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Sayer (as "Bilkarine"), Clara Selden (as "Ensemble"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane/Ensemble"), Myra Smith (as "Allez"), Georgia Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Nata Stromberg (as "Forrest Holmes"), Fay Templeton (as "La Belle Zara"), Poney Upton (as "Ensemble"), Irene Vera (as "Frizette"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Claremont Riverside"), Carrie Waite (as "Ensemble"), Mazie Walzinger (as "Ensemble"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Rhoda Wheeler (as "Ensemble"), Carrie Willis (as "Valencienne"). (1) Quo Vass Iss? [closed on 17 Oct 1900 after 48 performances]. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Director: John Stromberg. A burlesque of "Quo Vadis" by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. From the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Cast: George Ali (as "Sparrus Copus"), Eva Allen (as "Peddlus Potatus"), Josephine Allen (as "Popcornea"), Florence Bell (as "Jabba"), Lew M. Fields (as "Smallus"), Mazie Follette (as "Pumpia"), Virginia Foltz (as "Bogus Extrus"), Ben Hapgood (as "Infamous Touchus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Chirpnos"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Petrolius"), Violet Jewell (as "Deodorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Zero"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Rubba"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Spoonice"), Goldie Mohr (as "Acta"), Harold T. Morey (as "Tickelritus/Punctus Tireas"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Porus Plasta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Catapilla"), Inez Ray (as "Slashus"), Belle Robinson (as "Numonia"), Charles J. Ross (as "Marcus Finishus"), Margaret Sayer (as "Starvus"), Clara Selden (as "Plexus"), Mae Sherwood (as "Duflikus Tumatus"), Myra Smith (as "Stabba"), Georgia Stewart (as "Killa"), Fay Templeton (as "Lythia"), David Warfield (as "Hilo"), Joe Weber (as "Fursus"), Carrie Willis (as "Quininius Malarius"), Marie Worthington (as "Solus"). (2) Arizona [opened on 18 Oct 1900 and closed 19 Dec 1900 after 73 performances]. A musical burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. A burlesque on the play by Augustus Thomas. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Chorus"), George Ali (as "Ham Song"), Eva Allen (as "Chorus"), Nettie Barton (as "Chorus"), Florence Bell (as "Pupa Chihuahua"), Edna Birch (as "Chorus"), Lew M. Fields (as "Sergeant Killer"), Mazie Follette (as "Cherokee Kid"), Virginia Foltz (as "Lieutenant Frolic"), Charles Fostelle (as "Mrs. Cannedbeef"), Mamie Gould (as "Chorus"), Dappy Grey (as "Chorus"), Grace Heckler (as "Chorus"), Lillian Heckler (as "Chorus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Montezuma Matt"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Henry Cannedbeef"), Violet Jewell (as "Hi Roper"), Ethel Jewett (as "Chorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Colonel Bunjam"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Lariat Luke"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Lieutenant Stung"), Carrie May (as "Antonia Alamo"), May McKenzie (as "Juan Sombrero"), Goldie Mohr (as "Alkali Bill"), Harold T. Morey (as "Doctor Felon"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Apache Charley"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss MacCrullers"), Jessie Richmond (as "Chorus"), Belle Robinson (as "El Paseo Pete"), Charles J. Ross (as "Lieutenant Tention"), Lillian Russell (as "Sarsaparilla"), Margaret Sayer (as "Buck Saddler"), Mae Sherwood (as "Pop Gunner"), Myra Smith (as "Durango Colorado"), Georgia Stewart (as "Chiaca Tamale"), Fay Templeton (as "Bonita"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chorus"), David Warfield (as "Captain Hogman"), George P. Watson (as "Pony Mustango"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Lena Killer"). (3)Exhibit II [opened 20 Dec 1900 and closed 20 Apr 1901 after 141 performances]. Musical/Burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Lady Westbury"), George Ali (as "Tipit"), Alice Curtis (as "Cortland"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Charley Horseleigh"), Lew M. Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Virginia Foltz (as "Madison Parks"), Minnie Garretty (as "Bleeker"), Sissie Garretty (as "Essex"), Allie Gilbert (as "Dossie/Miss Emery"), Mamie Gould (as "Chilton"), Dappy Grey (as "Claremont Riverside"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Grace Heckler (as "Hammersley"), Lillian Heckler (as "Miss Cutter"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr"), DeWolf Hopper (as "The Gay Lord Quex"), Violet Jewell (as "Miss Rosaline"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Flossie/Baron Holdfaste"), May McKenzie (as "Asbury Sands"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Lady Syosset"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss Brummell"), Inez Ray (as "Lady Lowbridge"), Jessie Richmond (as "Lady Hempstead"), Belle Robinson (as "Bossie/Miss Fyles"), Ruth Rollins (as "Miss Towle"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Meadowbrook"), Margaret Sayer (as "Duchess of Prude"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane"), Fay Templeton (as "Sophy Fullgally"), Irene Vera (as "Countess of Elmhurst"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chomondley"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Fritz Williams (as "Prince Victor Constasntine"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1901) Stage Play: Hoity Toity. [Production consisted of the following shows: Hoity Toity, Depleurisy, A Man From Mars, The Curl and the Judge, DuHurry]. Hoity Toity: Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Musical Director: John Stromberg. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 5 Sep 1901- 19 Apr 1902 (259 performances). Cast: Madge Adea (as "Albia"), George Ali (as "Baron Barbon"), Eva Allen (as "Paddington Harrow"), Sam Bernard (as "Frederich Schnitzel"), Edna Birch (as "Rufe Rayser"), Carrie Bowman (as "Cord Barber"), May Bradley (as "Viennanetta"), Pauline Bradley (as "Sevilla"), Mona Desmond (as "Burnsby"), Libbian Diamond (as "Cambridge Backbeigh"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Tony Singer"), Florence Dressler (as "Singeton"), Lew M. Fields (as "Herman Kaffekuchen"), Virginia Foltz (as "Scorchleigh/Scheffield Schooley"), Mayme Gehrue (as "Petrolia"), Ella Gilroy (as "Boylston Tremont"), Lee Harrison (as "Reuben Hunter"), Grace Heckler (as "Kloy Sonay"), Lillian Heckler (as "Shaki Fan"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "General Steele"), Katherine Howland (as "Cecil Langham"), John T. Kelly (as "King Kazoo"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Zuzuki/Sprite"), May McKenzie (as "Canby Hurd"), Annie Miller (as "Chu Chu Gum"), Doris Mitchell (as "Kane Rush"), Goldie Mohr (as "Glucosa"), Estelle Moyer (as "Coffeea/Nagasaki"), Gertrude Moyer (as "Ki Owta/Cornea"), Ilma Pratt (as "Bosphora"), Inez Ray (as "Tokia"), Belle Robinson (as "Nicotina"), Lillian Russell (as "Lady Grafter"), Margaret Sayres (as "Fifi Rougepaynt/Battersea Parks"), Dora Senac (as "Parisetta"), Mae Sherwood (as "Grosvenor Rhodes/Dodge Chapelle"), Myra Smith (as "Kensington Earlscourt"), Nata Stromberg (as "Miss Freeport"), Fay Templeton (as "Cho-Cho San"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Flitterly"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Philip Sauerbraten"), Fritz Williams (as "Harvard Yale"), Elizabeth Young (as "Mothmiller"). Depleurisy [A burlesque of "Diplomacy" by Victorien Sardou]: Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Used by permission of Charles Frohman and T. Henry French. Cast: George Ali (as "Antoine"), Sam Bernard (as "Julian Beauclerc"), Lew Fields (as "Henry Beauclerc"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Countess Zicka"), John T. Kelly (as "Baron Stein"), Augustus Smith (as "Policeman"), Fay Templeton (as "Dora"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Count Orloff"). A Man From Mars [A burlesque on "A Message From Mars" by Richard Ganthony]. Cast: Madge Adea (as "Goldie Buck"), George Ali (as "A Trolley Victim"), Aimee Angeles (as "Cella"), Sam Bernard (as "A Policeman"), Edna Birch (as "A Bootblack"), Carrie Bowman (as "Phil Cliquot"), Fanny Dupre (as "Carrie Loader"), Lew M. Fields (as "A Tramp"), Ella Gilroy (as "Etta Lott"), Lee Harrison (as "An Ambulance Surgeon/A Waiter"), Grace Heckler (as "Moet Chandon"), Bena Hoffman (as "Dryden Monopole"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Willie Heidseick"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "An A.D.T. Man from Mars"), Katherine Howland (as "Perry Jouet"), John T. Kelly (as "Aunt Martha"), Bonnie Maginn (as "A Beggar Woman"), May McKenzie (as "Dodge Ruinart"), Doris Mitchell (as "Daisy Drinker"), Goldie Mohr (as "A Newsboy"), Ilma Pratt (as "Vera Fuller"), Inez Ray (as "Lythia Waters"), Belle Robinson (as "A Chorus Girl"), Dora Senac (as "Meta Follows"), Mae Sherwood (as "Harry Pommery"), Fay Templeton (as "Minnie"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Mr. Dizzy"), Fritz Williams (as "Horrid Sparker"), Elizabeth Young (as "Georgie H. Mumm"). The Curl and the Judge [Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. A burlesque of "The Girl and the Judge" by Clyde Fitch]. Cast: Eva Allen (as "Jewell Winner"), Frankie Bailey (as "Vera Shapeleigh"), Sam Bernard (as "Mrs. Broom"), Bessie Clayton (as "Dance Specialty"), Fanny Dupre (as "Neva Ketchum"), Lew M. Fields (as "Mrs. Tankton"), Lee Harrison (as " Chin"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Judge Charges"), Violet Jewell (as "Leda March"), John T. Kelly (as "Tankton"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Broom"), Beulah Martin (as "Ona Brougham"), Abie Rose (as "Mikey Hockenstein"), Mae Sherwood (as "Daisy Stringer"), Fay Templeton (as "Winifred Tankton"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Mrs. Hockenstein"), Fritz Williams (as "Mrs. Charges"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1902) Stage Play: The Wild Rose. Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander. Book by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Musical Director: Frederic Solomon. Featuring songs with lyrics by William H. Penn, Ren Shields [earliest Broadway credit] and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Junie McCree, Cecil Mack, John Gilroy and Vincent Bryan. Additional music by Harry Linton, Will Marion Cook, Harry von Tilzer, Ben Jerome, Melville Ellis and Jean Schwartz. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Costume Design by Caroline Seidle. Dances arranged by Adolph Neuberger. Directed by George W. Lederer. Knickerbocker Theatre: 5 May 1902- 30 Aug 1902 (136 performances). Cast: Madge Adae (as "Diane D'Ivry"), Marion Alexander (as "La Boulotte"), George Ali (as "Baby"), Neva Aymer (as "Michelline"), Theresa Barron (as "Lena"), David Bennett (as "Lieutenant Marcel de Talleyrand-Perigord"), Irene Bentley (as "Rose Romany"), Irene Bishop (as "Fanchonette"), William Wallace Black (as "Count von Lahn/Scipio"), Minna Blackman (as "Lisa"), Madge Brooks (as "La Radieuse"), Marie Cahill (as "Vera von Lahn"), Viola Carlstedt (as "Lieutenant Goetz"), Marguerite Clark (as "Lieutenant Gaston Gardennes"), Ma Belle Davis (as "Cigale"), Louise De Rigney (as "Lieutenant Bourbon"), Belva Don Kersley (as "Germinie"), Teddie DuCoe (as "Gretchen"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Philomele"), Evelyn Florence (as "Vashti"), Mazie Follette (as "Petite Singe"), Edwin Foy (as "Paracelsus Noodles"), Ida Gabrielle (as "Rafael"), Archie Guerin (as "Fritz"), Averell Harris (as "Lieutenant Walther"), Albert Hart (as "Mahomet"), Charles Hooker (as "Lieutenant Pierre de Rastignac"), Helga Howard (as "Beppo"), Ethel Jewett (as "La Joyeuse"), Louis Kelso (as "Lieutenant Henri St. Bris"), Elba Kenny (as "Lieutenant Charlevoix"), Richard Lambert (as "Major Hauptmann"), V.H. Lee (as "Lieutenant Conrad"), David Lythgoe (as "Rudolph von Walden"), Hazel Manchester (as "Barbara"), Madge Marston (as "Eve Bonheur"), Junie McCree (as "Victor Hugo de Brie"), Rube Miller (as "Lieutenant Franz von Richter"), Charles Morton (as "Lieutenant Leopold"), E.H. O'Connor (as "Aristotle"), Carrie E. Perkins (as "Mirabel"), Nina Randall (as "La Rouleuse"), Mollie Sherwood (as "Rosalie"), Maida Van Buren (as "Rigolette"), Mai Walker (as "Lieutenant Drachenfels"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1903) Stage Play: George W. Lederer's Mid-Summer Night Fancies.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Jersey Lily. Musical comedy. Music by Reginald De Koven. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Book by George V. Hobart. Additional lyrics by William Jerome. Additional music by Jean Schwartz and Max Hoffman. Musical Director: Daniel Dore. Featuring songs by Ernest Hanegan. Choreographed by Joseph C. Smith. Directed by George W. Lederer. Victoria Theatre: 14 Sep 1903- 3 Oct 1903 (24 performances). Cast: George Ali (as "Pretty Polly"), Arthur Arthur (as "Bill Dawson"), Rose Beaumont (as "Senorita Marquita"), Jehan Bedini (as "Offenbach Veriverdi"), Octavia Broske (as "Maizette"), Harriet Burt (as "Florine de Vries"), William Cameron (as "Max Bennett"), Joseph S. Chailee (as "Philippe"), Reine Davies (as "Estelle de Vries"), D.L. Don (as "Edam d'Brie"), Wheeler Earl (as "James"), Sybil Ellwood (as "Lizette"), James A. Furey (as "Dan Petrel"), Wilfred Gerdes (as "Paul"), Bessie Evelyn Gibson (as "Gwendolyn"), Mignon Hardt (as "Fifi de Vries"), Louis Harrison (as "Don Pedro de la Platza"), Aida Hemmi (as "Sara de Vries"), Milo Joyce (as "Anthony"), Joe Kane (as "Baron Bourgeois"), Maude Raymond (as "Rosie Bauer"), Blanche Ring (as "Liliandra"), Cecil Summers (as "Joseph"), Billee Taylor (as "Lieutenant Edgar Jefferson"), Billy B. Van (as "Doctor Bolivar") [Broadway debut], Charles Wentz (as "John"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1905) Stage Play: Buster Brown.
- (1926) Stage Play: White Wings. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Winthrop Ames. Booth Theatre: 15 Oct 1926- Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/27 performances). Cast: George Ali (as "Joseph. A Horse"), Arthur Allen (as "Charlie Todd"), Jessie Graham (as "Mrs. Fanny K. Inch"), J.M. Kerrigan (as "Herbert"), Ben Lackland (as "A Taxi-driver"), Winifred Lenihan (as "Mary Todd"), Donald MacDonald (as "Clyde Sims"), Earl McDonald (as "Ralph Otis/ Dr. Derby"), Donald McKee (as "Paul Pillsbury/Dr. Bowles"), William Norris (as "Mr. Ernest Inch"), Tom Powers (as "Archie Inch"), Phil M. Sheridan (as "A City Employee"), Albert Tavernier (as "Major Philip E. Inch"). Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- (1928) Stage Play: Chee-Chee. Musical comedy. Book by Lew Fields. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Roy Webb. Musical Director: Roy Webb. Based on the novel "The Son of the Grand Eunuch" by Charles Pettit. Choreographed by Jack Haskell. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre: 25 Sep 1928- 20 Oct 1928 (31 performances). Cast: George Ali (as "San Toy"), Violetta Aoki, Marshall Bradford (as "Leader of Khonghouses"), Richardson Brown, Gene Byron, James Dale, Robert Davis, Helen Ford, Ralph Glover, William Griffith, Evelyn Hannons, George Hassell, George Houston (as "The Tartar Chief"), Paul Jensen, George C. Lehrian, Philip Loeb (as "Innkeeper/Produndity and Meditation"), Alan Lowe, Bunny Moore, Starke Patterson, Ruby Poe, Eugenia Renon, Dorothy Roye, Masa Sanami, Helen Shepard, Betty Starbuck (as "Li-Li Wee"), Velma Valentine, Ted White, William Williams. Produced by Lew Fields.
- (1935) Stage Play: Parade. Musical revue/satire.
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