- (1930 - 1948) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1930) Stage Play: Lysistrata. Comedy (revival). Written by Aristophanes. Book adapted by Gilbert Seldes. Music by Leo Ornstein. Choreographed by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Production Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Directed by Norman Bel Geddes. 44th Street Theatre: 5 Jun 1930- Jan 1931 (closing date unknown/252 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Myrrhine"), José Limon (as "The Guard") [Broadway debut], James McCallion (as "The Child"), Burton McEvilly (as "Second Young Man, Nicias/Dancer"), Nancy McKnight (as "Third Athenian Woman"), Owen Meech (as "Fourth Old Man"), Gwendolyn Mervin (as "Dancer"), Thomas Moody (as "Old Men's Chorus"), Morton Moore (as "Third Senator"), Marion Morehouse (as "Second Corinthian Woman"), Mary Morris (as "Leader of Old Women"), Pauline Potter (as "Old Women's Chorus"), Elsie Rand (as "Dancer"), Elizabeth Rechelle (as "Old Women's Chorus"), Houston Richards (as "Second Old Man"), Albert Robinson (as "Old Men's Chorus"), Miriam Schiller (as "First Spartan Woman/Dancer"), Betty Schlaffer (as "Sixth Athenian Woman/Dancer"), Lucian Scott (as "First Policeman/Dancer"), Maud Sinclair (as "Old Women's Chorus"), Helen Strumlauf (as "Second Athenian Woman/Dancer"), Elliot Sullivan (as "Clerk/Dancer"), Ernest Truex (as "Kinesias"), Neville Westman (as "Rhodope"), Nydia Westman (as "Kalonike"), Thornton Whitney (as "Fifth Senator"), June Wilkinson (as "Dancer"), George J. Williams (as "Old Men's Chorus"), Howard Wilson (as "Second Policeman/Dancer"), Ian Wolfe (as "First Old Man"). Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Association Inc.
- (1933) Stage Play: Candide. Special/dance. Music by Genevieve Pitot [earliest Broadway credit] and John Coleman. Book adapted by Charles Weidman. Narrative by Ian Wolfe. Based on the novel by Voltaire'. Directed by Charles Weidman. Booth Theatre: 15 May 1933- May 1933 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Cleo Atheneos (as "Paquette"), John Glenn (as "Dr. Pangloss"), Eleanor King (as "Cunegonde"), José Limon (as "Master of Ceremonies"), Katharine Manning (as "Baroness"), Gene Martel (as "Baron Thunder"), William Matons (as "Martin'), Charles Weidman' (as "Candide"). Produced by Michael Meyerberg.
- (October 28, 1942 - January 22, 1944) Broadway: "Rosalinda (1942)". Directed by Felix Brentano. 44th Street Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 24 May 1943-2 October 1943; The 44th Street Theatre from 4 October 1943-13 November 1943; The 46th Street Theatre from 15 November 1943-closing). 611 performances. Cast included José Limon as "Premier Dancer".
- (May 23, 1940 - June 29, 1940) Broadway: "Keep Off the Grass" Stage directed by Frederick De Cordova. Book directed by Edward Duryea Dowling. Broadhurst Theatre: (44 performances). Cast included José Limon as "Performer".
- (1939) Stage Play: To the Dance. Musical/ballet. Music by Wallingford Riegger. Written by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Directed by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Nora Bayes Theatre: 30 Jan 1939- Jan 1939 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: Nadia Chilkovsky, Eva Desca, Saida Gerrard, Doris Humphrey, José Limon, Katherine Litz, Lily Mann, Marvin Marzoff, Sophie Mintz, Kathleen O'Brien, Hilda Sheldon, Lee Sherman, Mildred Tanzer, Charles Weidman. Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA.
- (1933) Stage Play: Roberta. Musical revue. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Otto A. Harbach. Based on the novel "Gowns by Roberta" by Alice Duer Miller. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Gowns Designed by Madame Tafel. Furs Designed by Max Koch. Costume Design by Kiviette. Uncredited Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Choreographed by José Limon. Uncredited Director: Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 18 Nov 1933- 21 Jul 1934 (295 performances). Cast: Barbara Adams, Ray Adams, Berenice Alaire, Leon Alton, Michael Alvarez, Dorothy Atkins, Bob Barrett, Elsie Behrens, Norma Butler, Sally Bynum, The California Collegians (as "Huckleberry Haines Orchestra"), Phyllis Cameron, Barbara Child, Bobette Christine, Florence Chumbecos, Aida Conkey, Lola De Lille, George Djimos, Bert Doughty, Jack Douglas, Rene Du Plessis (as "California Collegian"), Jane Evans, Rose Gale, Bob Gray, Helen Gray, Sydney Greenstreet (as "Lord Henry Delves, the Friend of Roberta"), William Hain, Bunny Hallow, Ruth Hamilton, Vernon Hammer, Buddy Hertelle, Bob Hope (as "Huckleberry Haines, the Crooner"), Ed Jerome, Edna Johnson, Alan Jones (as "California Collegian"), Lillian Lamonte, Dorothy Lane, Catherine Laughlin, Fred MacMurray (as "California Collegian"), Ray Middleton (as "John Kent, the Fullback"), Evelyn Monte, Herb Montei, John Muccio, George Murphy (as "Billy Boyden, the Hoofer"), Nayan Pearce, John Peters, Carole Renwick, Lyda Roberti (as "Mme. Nunez/Clementina Scharwenka, the Star Customer"), Josephine Roberts, Marion Ross (as "Mme. Grandet, the Fitter"), Jim Ryan, Tania Sania, Stanislaw Sarmatoff, Ruth Shaw, Gretchen Sherman, Tamara, Fay Templeton (as "Aunt Minnie/Trade Name, Roberta/the Modiste"), William Torpey, Rosalie Trego, Mavis Walsh, Sandra Walters, Clara Waring, Virginia Whitmore, Barbara Williams, Lou Wood, Neil Wood. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as Roberta (1935).
- (1933) Stage Play: As Thousands Cheer. Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Adolph Deutsch, Frank Tours, Ed Powell, Russell Wooding and Helmy Kresa. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 30 Sep 1933- 8 Sep 1934 (400 performances). Cast: Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Hoover," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer, "Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," "Mrs. Williams," "Aimee Semple MacPherson," "Mrs. Fisher," "Queen Mary"), Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb (as "Douglas Fairbanks Jr", 'Mahatma Ghandi," "Mons. Peppiton," "Henry Perlmutter," "John D. Rockefeller, Sr."), Ethel Waters (as "Ella," "Josephine Baker"), Leslie Adams, Helen Bache, Jack Barnes, Jeanette Bradley, Robert Castaine, Debby Coleman, Peggy Cornell, Jerome Cowan (as "Editor," "Second Reporter," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer), Arthur Craig, Dorothy Dodd, Elsie Duffy, Helen Ericson, Hal Forde (as "Langley"), Robert Gorham, Thomas Hamilton, Hamtree Harrington, Jay Hunter, Letitia Ide, Harry Joyce, José Limon (as "Charles Weidman Dancer/Heat Wave Hits New York" Dancer/Lonely Heart" Dancer/Revolt in Cuba" Dancer), Katherine Litz, William Matons, Fred Mayon, Irene McBride, Katherine Mulowney, Jeanette Mundell, Harry Murray (as "Prince DeLuneville/First Reporter/Camera Man/Second Bellboy"), Chester O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, John Perkins, Paul Pierce, Margaret Sande, Toni Sorel, Harry Stockwell, Ward Tallmon, Lucille Taylor, Harold Voeth, Jack Voeth, Elsa Walbridge, Teddy West, Paula Yasqour. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1947) Stage Play: Jose Limon. Special/dance.
- (1948) Stage Play: Lament for Ignacio Sanches Mejias.
- (1974) Stage Play: Nureyev and Friends. Ballet/Special production. Choreographed by José Limon [posthumous credit].
- (August 17, 1949) He was producer, performed and choreographed the ballet, "The Moor's Pavane," in the Company production at the Connecticut College, American Dance Festival, Palmer Auditorium in New London, Connecticut with Betty Jones; Lucas Hoving and Pauline Kohner in the cast. Henry Purcell was composer. Simon Saoff was music arranger. JPauline Lawrence was costume designer.
- (June 27, 1970) He directed the ballet, "The Moor's Pavane," in the American Ballet Theatre production at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City with Bruce Marks; Sallie Wilson; Royes Fernandez and Toni Lander in the cast. Daniel Lewis; Clive Morgan and Jennifer Muller were Jose Limon's assistants. Akira Endo was conductor.
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