- (1950 - 2003) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1950) Stage Play: The Relapse. Comedy (revival).
- He directed the original 1961 Broadway production of the Jerry Herman musical "Milk and Honey". It was nominated for several Tony Awards, but did not win any. Jerry Herman's hit song "Shalom, Shalom", came from this show.
- Time Remembered (1957). Romantic comedy. Written by Jean Anouilh. English version by Patricia Moyes. Incidental music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics and Orchestrations by: Vernon Duke. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Miles White. Lighting Design by Feder. Directed by Albert Marre. Morosco Theatre: 12 Nov 1957- 28 Jun 1958 (248 performances). Cast: Richard Burton (as "Prince Albert"), Helen Hayes (as "The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc"), Susan Strasberg (as "Amanda, a milliner"), Glenn Anders (as "Lord Hector"), Sig Arno (as "Ferdinand, a head waiter"), Emil Borsody (as "The Cellist"), George Ebeling (as "The Taxi Driver"), Truman Gaige (as "Germain, a ghilly"), Stanley Grover (as "The Singer"), Edmund Horn (as "The Pianist"), George Landolf (as "Footmen and Waiters"), Seymour Miroff (as "The Violinist"), LeRoi Operti (as "The Ice Cream Man"), Frederick Rolf (as "Theophilus, a butler"), Fred Starbuck (as "Footmen and Waiters"), E.W. Swackhamer (as "Footmen and Waiters"), Frederic Warriner (as "The Landlord"). Replacement actors: Urey Krasnopolsky (as "The Pianist"), Ellen Madison (as "The Coat Room Attendant"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Robert Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Roger L. Stevens, John F. Wharton). Produced in association with Milton Sperling.
- (1963) Stage Play: A Rainy Day in Newark. Farce. Written by Howard Teichmann. Directed by Albert Marre. Belasco Theatre: 22 Oct 1963- 26 Oct 1963 (7 performances). Cast: Tom Ahearne (as "Harry Untermeyer"), Milo Boulton (as "Milo Boulton"), Rex Everhart (as "Lionel Davis"), Ivor Francis (as "Maurice Endicott"), Dody Goodman (as "Elizabeth Lamb"), Gene Hackman (as "Sidney Rice"), Don Lochner (as "TV Technician"), Eddie Mayehoff (as "John T. Kodiak"), Mary McCarty (as "Brewster"), John McMartin (as "Edward L. Voorhees"), Zachary Scott (as "Henry Cotton") [final Broadway role]. Understudies: Rex Everhart (as "John T. Kodiak"), John Garner (as "Edward L. Voorhees/Henry Cotton"), Kip McArdle (as "Brewster/Elizabeth Lamb") and Daniel Walker (as "Sidney Rice"). Produced by Stevens Productions Inc.
- Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory (1964). (director) Comedy/farce.
- Cry for Us All (1970). (director) Musical.
- Man of La Mancha (1972). (revival) (director) Musical/drama.
- Home Sweet Homer (1976).(director) Musical/romantic comedy.
- Man of La Mancha (1979). Musical/drama (revival).
- A Meeting by the River (1979). Written by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. Incidental music arranged by Glen Roven. Directed by Albert Marre. Palace Theatre: 28 Mar 1979 (1 performance + 10 previews). Cast: Keith Baxter, Sam Jaffe (as "Tarun Maharaj"), Siobhán McKenna, Simon Ward (as "Oliver"), Ronald Bishop, Paul Collins, Keith McDermott, Meg Wynn-Owen, Gilbert Cole, Jonathan Epstein, Leslie Goldstein, Ed Kerrigan, Faizul Khan, Harsh Nayyar, Arjun Sajnani. Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby. Associate Producer: Jack Schlissel.
- Chu Chem (1989). Musical. Book by Ted Allen. Music by Mitch Leigh. Lyrics by Jim Haines and Jack Wohl. Musical and Vocal Director: Don Jones. Music orchestrated by Michael Gibson. Assistant Musical Dir.: Brett Alan Sommer. Directed by Albert Marre. Ritz Theatre: 17 Mar 1989- 14 May 1989 (68 performances). Cast: Emily Zacharias (as "Lotte/Westerner"), Mark Zeller (as "Chu Chem/Westerner"), Thom Sesma (as "The Prince/The Oriental Company"), Irving Burton (as "Yakob/Westerner"), Timm Fujii (as "The Prompter/The Oriental Company"), Simone Gee (as "Na-Mi/The Oriental Company/Concubine/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Zoie Lam (as "Daf-ah-Dil/The Oriental Company/Concubine/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Alvin Lum (as "The Elder/The Oriental Company"), Jason Ma (as "Ho-Ke/The Oriental Company/Propman/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Kenji Nakao (as "Shu-Wo/The Oriental Company/Propman/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Paul Nakauchi (as "Nu-Wo/The Oriental Company/Propman/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Chev Rodgers (as "Hong Ho, The Governor/The Oriental Company"), Keelee Seetoo (as "Lei-An/The Oriental Company/Concubine/The Oriental Company/Villager/The Oriental Company"), Hechter Ubarry (as "The Prince's Brother/The Oriental Company"), Nephi Jay Wimmer (as "Chueh-Wu"). Produced by The Mitch Leigh Company and William D. Rollnick.
- Man of La Mancha (1992).(director)Musical/drama (revival).
- The Conquering Hero (1961). (director) Musical.
- (1960) Stage Play: Rape of the Belt. Written by Benn W. Levy. Music by Sol Kaplan. Scenic Design by Paul Morrison. Directed by Albert Marre. Martin Beck Theatre: 5 Nov 1960- 12 Nov 1960 (9 performances). Cast: Philip Bosco (as "Heracles") [Broadway debut], Joseph Bova (as "Theseus"), Hilda Brawner (as "Anthea"), Constance Cummings (as "Antiope"), John Emery, Pat Nye, Joyce Redman (as "Hippolyte"), Avis Scott (as "Diasta"), Nydia Westman (as "Thalestris"), Peggy Wood (as "Hera") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Harriet Parsons, Charles Hollerith Jr. and William Dean.
- Time Remembered (1957). (director) Romantic comedy.
- Good as Gold (1957). Comedy. Written by John Patrick. Based on the book by Alfred Toombs. Directed by Albert Marre. Belasco Theatre: 7 Mar 1957- 9 Mar 1957 (4 performances). Cast: Tom Ahearne, Clement Brace, Juleen Compton, Joseph Dooley, Dana Elcar (as "Policeman McFadden"), Robert Emhardt, Hugh Evans, Paul Ford (as "Congressman Fairweather"), Edward Fuller, Lou Gilbert, John Harkins, Loretta Leversee, Roddy McDowall (as "Benjamin"), Zero Mostel (as "Doc Penny"), Todd Patterson, Clarence Stemler. Produced by Cheryl Crawford; Produced in association with William Myers. Produced by arrangement with Angus Equities, Ltd.
- (1956) Stage Play: Shangri-La. Musical. Book by James Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Based on the novel "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by James Hilton, Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence. Musical Director: Lehman Engel. Choral arrangements and musical continuity by Lehman Engel. Music arranged by Philip J. Lang. Ballet music composed and arranged by Genevieve Pitot. Additional dance arrangements by John Morris. Choreographed by Donald Saddler. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Directed by Albert Marre. Winter Garden Theatre: 13 Jun 1956- 30 Jun 1956 (21 performances). Cast: Jay Bacon (as "Singer"), Ralph Beaumont (as "Dancer"), Edward Becker (as "Singer"), Sara Bettis (as "Singer"), Elizabeth Burgess (as "Singer"), Jack Cassidy (as "Charles Mallinson"), Joan Cherof (as "Singer"), Robert Cohan (as "The Dancer Perrault"), Michael De Marco (as "Dancer"), Kaie Deei (as "Chao-Li"), Ray Dorian (as "Dancer"), Sylvia Fabry (as "Singer"), Walter Farrell (as "Singer"), Alice Ghostley (as "Miss Brinklow"), Martyn Green (as "Chang"), Eddie Heim (as "Dancer"), Dorothy Hill (as "Dancer"), Joan Holloway (as "Rita Henderson"), Ed Kenney (as "Rimshi"), Dennis King (as "Hugh Conway"), Berry Kroeger (as "High Lama"), Harold Lang (as "Robert Henderson"), Carol Lawrence (as "Arana"), George Lenz (as "Singer"), Greb Lober (as "Dancer"), Ellen Matthews (as "Dancer"), Leland Mayforth (as "The Little One"), Bob McClure (as "Singer"), David McDaniel (as "Singer"), Teresa Montes (as "Singer"), Eileen Moran (as "Singer"), Illona Murai (as "Dancer"), Mary Ann Niles (as "Dancer"), Jack Rains (as "Singer"), Rico Riedl (as "Dancer"), Edward Stinnett (as "Dancer"), Ed Stroll (as "Singer"), Ted Wills (as "Singer"), Maggie Worth (as "Singer"), Doris Wright (as "Dancer"), Shirley Yamaguchi (as "Lo-Tsen"), Edward Kim (as "Ying Ti"), Marvin Zeller (as "Singer"). Produced by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr.
- Festival (1955). (director) Comedy.
- (1953) Stage Play: Misalliance. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Production Supervised by Lemuel Ayers. Scenic Design by John Boyt. Directed by Cyril Ritchard. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 6 Mar 1953- 27 Jun 1953 (130 performances). Cast: Tamara Geva (as "Lina Szczepanowska") [final Broadway role], Barry Jones (as "John Tarleton"), Richard Kiley (as "Joey Percival, an aviator"), Roddy McDowall (as "Bentley Summerhays"), Dorothy Sands (as "Mrs. Tarleton"), William Redfield (as "Johnny Tarleton"), Jan Farrand (as "Hypatia Tarleton"), Jerome Kilty (as "Gunner"), Richard Purdy (as "Lord Summerhays"). Replacement cast: Bramwell Fletcher (as "Lord Summerhays"). Produced by New York City Drama Company (Albert Marre: Artistic Director).
- (1953) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Musical Director: William Brooks. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Lemuel Ayers. Directed by Albert Marre. City Center: 4 Mar 1953- 15 Mar 1953 (15 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Shylock, a Jewish moneylender"), Richard Astor (as "The Neopolitan Prince/Court Clerk"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Antonio, a merchant of Venice"), Frank Corsaro (as "Launcelot Gobbo, servant to Shylock"), James Daly (as "Gratiano, gentleman of Venice"), Albert Duclos (as "Balthasar, servant to Portia"), Robert Fletcher (as "Prince of Arragon, suitor to Portia/Duke of Venice Earle Hyman (as "Prince of Morocco"), Raymond Johnson (as "The German Baron/Court Clerk"), Chris Mahan (as "Servant to Portia"), John Mandia (as "Dancer"), Nancy Marchand (as "Nerissa, Portia's waiting gentle-woman"), Barbara Milberg (as "Dancer"), Felicia Montealegre (as "Jessica, Shylock's daughter"), Earl Montgomery (as "Salarino, friend of Antonio"), Marie Pelus (as "Dancer"), Margaret Phillips (as "Portia, an heiress in Belmont"), Kevin Riley (as "The English Lord/Court Clerk"), Paul Sparer (as "Solanio, friend of Antonio"), Paul Stevens (as "Bassanio, friend of Antonio") [Broadway debut], Steven Thomas (as "Servant to Portia"), Beatrice Tompkins (as "Dancer"), Richard Venture (as "Tubal, an associate of Shylock"), Michael Wager (as "Lorenzo, gentleman of Venice"), Barbara Walczak (as "Dancer"), Stanley Zompakos (as "Dancer"). Produced by New York City Drama Company (Albert Marre: Artistic Director).
- Love's Labour's Lost (1953). (director) Comedy.
- The Little Blue Light (1951). (director)
- (1955) He directed Enid Bagnold's play, "The Chalk Garden", at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City with Gladys Cooper, Siobhan McKenna, Percy Waram, Fritz Weaver, Marian Seldes and Betsy von Furstenberg in the cast. Cecil Beaton was the designer.
- (1956) He directed George Bernard Shaw's play, "Saint Joan", at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City in a Cambridge Drama Festival Production with Siobhan McKenna, Kent Smith, Ian Keith, Earle Hyman, Frederic Tozere, Michael Wager, Thayer David, Earl Montgomery, Dickie Moore, Dennis Patrick and Peter Falk (played "English soldier") in the cast.
- (1953) Stage Play: Kismet. Musical. With Music From Alexander Borodin. Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis. From the play by Edward Knoblock. Music orchestrated by Arthur Kay. Choral arrangements by Arthur Kay. Musical Director: Louis Adrian. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Lemuel Ayers. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack Cole. Directed by Albert Marre. Ziegfeld Theatre: 3 Dec 1953- 23 Apr 1955 (583 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Henry Calvin (as "The Wazir of Police"), Joan Diener (as "Lalume"), Richard Kiley (as "The Caliph"), Doretta Morrow (as "Marsinah, Haji's Daughter") [final Broadway role], Neile Adams (as "Diwan Dancer/Dancer"), Lucy Andonian (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Tom Charlesworth (as "Chief Policeman"), Philip Coolidge (as "Omar"), Anita Coulter (as "Singer"), Patricia Dale (as "Dancer"), Thelma Dare (as "Ayah to Samaris/Singer"), Jack Dodds (as "Dervish/Akbar/Diwan Dancer"), Patricia Dunn (as "Princess of Ababu"), Bonnie Evans (as "Princess of Ababu"), Stephen Ferry (as "Wazir's Guard"), Truman Gaige (as "Jawan"), Hal Hackett (as "Hassan-Ben/Second Policeman"), Lila Jackson (as "Slave Girl/Singer"), Devra Kline (as "Dancer"), Beatrice Kraft (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Mario Lamm (as "Attendant"), Robert Lamont (as "Second Beggar/Singer"), Florence Lessing (as "Street Dancer/Princess Zubbediya of Damascus"), Earle MacVeigh (as "First Beggar/A Peddler/Prosecutor"), Jack Mei Ling (as "Doorman"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Street Woman/Singer"), Carol Ohmart (as "Slave Girl"), Richard Oneto (as "Imam of the Mosque/The Bangle Man/Singer"), Joyce Palmer (as "Slave Girl"), Louis Polacek (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Steve Reeves (as "Wazir's Guard") [Broadway debut], Ania Romaine (as "Dancer"), George E. Romaine (as "Dancer"), Reiko Sato (as "Princess of Ababu"), Rodolfo Silva (as "Third Beggar"), Barbara Slate (as "The Widow Yussef/Singer"), Kirby Smith (as "Muezzin/A Merchant/Singer"), Vida Ann Solomon (as "Dancer"), Sandra Stahl (as "Slave Girl"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Dancer"), Ralph Strane (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Lynne Stuart (as "Street Woman/Singer"), Erica Twiford (as "Singer"), Richard Vine (as "A Servant/Singer"), John Weidemann (as "Attendant"), Marc Wilder (as "Dervish/Assiz/Diwan Dancer"), George Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Earle MacVeigh (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Marsinah"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Princess of Ababu") and Richard Vine (as "Omar"). Replacement actors: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Carmen Austin (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Imam of the Mosque/The Bangle Man"), Francis Compton (as "Omar"), Loren Driscoll (as "Singer/The Bangle Man"), Clifford Fearl (as "Hassan-Ben/Singer"), Ronnie Field (as "Assiz/Third Beggar/Doorman"), Ann Flood (as "Slave Girl"), April Gaskins (as "Dancer"), Phyllis Gehrig (as "Dancer"), Arthur Hammond (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Stuart Hodes (as "Akbar/Doorman"), William Johnson (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Ingeborg Kjellsen (as "Slave Girl"), Mario Lamm (as "Wazir's Guard"), Nancy Lynch (as "Dancer"), Bruce MacKay (as "Second Policeman"), Elaine Malbin (as "Marsinah/Haji's Daughter"), Ethel Martin (as "Street Dancer"), George Martin (as "Dervish"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Steve Reeves (as "Attendant"), Don Rogers (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Alan Smith (as "Wazir's Guard"), Kirby Smith (as "Chief Policeman"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Sandra Stahl (as "Singer/The Widow Yussef"), Edward Thuren (as "Attendant"), Ted Thurston (as "Singer/Taman [role originally called "The Merchant"]/The Caliph"), Erica Twiford (as "The Widow Yussef"), Prue Ward (as "Princess of Ababu"), Don Weissmuller (as "Dervish"), Jeane Williams (as "Slave Girl"), Julie Wilson (as "Lalume"), Doris Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Hassan-Ben"), Clifford Fearl (as "Second Policeman"), Arthur Hammond (as "The Caliph"), Earle MacVeigh (as "The Wazir of Police"), Ethel Martin (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Carol Ohmart (as "Lalume"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Kirby Smith (as "Jawan/The Wazir of Police/Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Joanne Spiller (as "Lalume"), Ted Thurston (as "A Peddler/Chief Policeman/First Beggar/Muezzin/Prosecutor"), Don Weissmuller (as "Akbar/Assiz/Doorman/Third Beggar"), Doris Yarick (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"). Produced by Charles Lederer. Note: Filmed by MGM (which paid $125,000 for the rights to the play) as Kismet (1955).
- (1980) Sammy Cahn and his musical, "An April Song," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Glynis Johns and Sam Tsoutsouvas in the cast.
- (August 1980) He adapted Jean Anouilh's play, "Leocadia," into "An April Song," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Glynis Johns in the cast.
- (June 23 to August 6, 1967) He directed Romulus Linney's play, "The Sorrows of Frederick," in a world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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