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Experience Unnecessary Playbill - Jan 1932
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Experience Unnecessary
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Longacre Theatre
220 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
After
Experience Unnecessary
closed at the Longacre Theatre, the production went on a road tour. It then returned to New York for a return engagement at the National Theatre.
playwright:
Gladys Unger
People (15)
Rodolfo Badaloni
The Steward
(Original)
Sheila Barrett
The Bride
(Original)
Patricia Calvert
Miss Musgrave
(Original)
Milton Le Roy
The Groom
(Original)
Leo Needham
Gus
(Original)
Rex O'Malley
Winthrop Allen
(Original)
Frederick Stewart
The Visitor
(Original)
Verree Teasdale
Theda Thompson
(Original)
Albert West
The Porter
(Original)
Walter Woolf
Frank Cameron
(Original)
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Rodolfo Badaloni
The Steward
(Original)
Sheila Barrett
The Bride
(Original)
Patricia Calvert
Miss Musgrave
(Original)
Milton Le Roy
The Groom
(Original)
Leo Needham
Gus
(Original)
Rex O'Malley
Winthrop Allen
(Original)
Frederick Stewart
The Visitor
(Original)
Verree Teasdale
Theda Thompson
(Original)
Albert West
The Porter
(Original)
Walter Woolf
Frank Cameron
(Original)
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Gladys Unger
Writer
Wilhelm Sterck
Source Material (from the German)
H. C. Potter
Staging
Lee Shubert
Producer
J.J. Shubert
Producer
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
30
1931
Closing Date
Apr
16
1932
Performances
45
as of Feb 11, 2026
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