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The Blue Kitten
Broadway
Original
The Blue Kitten
Broadway
Original
Selwyn Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Otto Harbach
,
William Carey Duncan
book:
Otto Harbach
,
William Carey Duncan
music:
Rudolf Friml
People (54)
Bernice Ackerman
Chorus
(Original)
Betty Barlow
Fifi
(Original)
Joseph Brennan
Chorus
(Original)
Chester Brown
Chorus
(Original)
Joseph Cawthorn
Theodore Vanderpop
(Original)
Eleanor Dell
Chorus
(Original)
Frisco Devere
Chorus
(Original)
Ted Grant
Specialty
(Original)
George Griffiths
Chorus
(Original)
Bill Hawkins
Louis
(Original)
Leo Howe
Chorus
(Original)
Robert Hurst
Chorus
(Original)
Gladys Jordan
Chorus
(Original)
May Cory Kitchen
Dancer
(Original)
Grace La Rue
Chorus
(Original)
George Le Soir
Durand
(Original)
Helen Lewis
Chorus
(Original)
Violet Lobell
Chorus
(Original)
Lillian Lorraine
Totoche
(Original)
William L. Mack
Chorus
(Original)
Lorraine Manville
Madelaine Vanderpop
(Original)
Helen McDonald
Chorus
(Original)
Victor Morley
Giglais
(Original)
Blanche Morton
Chorus
(Original)
Lester New
Chorus
(Original)
Jean Newcombe
Mme. Lucile Vanderpop
(Original)
Jeanne Osborne
Chorus
(Original)
Carola Parson
Marcelle
(Original)
Evelyn Pluntadore
Chorus
(Original)
Ann Ross
Chorus
(Original)
Penny Rowland
Chorus
(Original)
Beatrice Savage
Chorus
(Original)
Boris Scott
Chorus
(Original)
Douglas Stevenson
Armand Duvelin
(Original)
Peggy Stohl
Chorus
(Original)
Dorothy Stokes
Chorus
(Original)
Frances Stone
Chorus
(Original)
Marion Sunshine
Cri Cri
(Original)
Dallas Welford
Popinet
(Original)
Frances Wing
Specialty
(Original)
Robert Woolsey
Octave
(Original)
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Bernice Ackerman
Chorus
(Original)
Betty Barlow
Fifi
(Original)
Joseph Brennan
Chorus
(Original)
Chester Brown
Chorus
(Original)
Joseph Cawthorn
Theodore Vanderpop
(Original)
Eleanor Dell
Chorus
(Original)
Frisco Devere
Chorus
(Original)
Ted Grant
Specialty
(Original)
George Griffiths
Chorus
(Original)
Bill Hawkins
Louis
(Original)
Leo Howe
Chorus
(Original)
Robert Hurst
Chorus
(Original)
Gladys Jordan
Chorus
(Original)
May Cory Kitchen
Dancer
(Original)
Grace La Rue
Chorus
(Original)
George Le Soir
Durand
(Original)
Helen Lewis
Chorus
(Original)
Violet Lobell
Chorus
(Original)
Lillian Lorraine
Totoche
(Original)
William L. Mack
Chorus
(Original)
Lorraine Manville
Madelaine Vanderpop
(Original)
Helen McDonald
Chorus
(Original)
Victor Morley
Giglais
(Original)
Blanche Morton
Chorus
(Original)
Lester New
Chorus
(Original)
Jean Newcombe
Mme. Lucile Vanderpop
(Original)
Jeanne Osborne
Chorus
(Original)
Carola Parson
Marcelle
(Original)
Evelyn Pluntadore
Chorus
(Original)
Ann Ross
Chorus
(Original)
Penny Rowland
Chorus
(Original)
Beatrice Savage
Chorus
(Original)
Boris Scott
Chorus
(Original)
Douglas Stevenson
Armand Duvelin
(Original)
Peggy Stohl
Chorus
(Original)
Dorothy Stokes
Chorus
(Original)
Frances Stone
Chorus
(Original)
Marion Sunshine
Cri Cri
(Original)
Dallas Welford
Popinet
(Original)
Frances Wing
Specialty
(Original)
Robert Woolsey
Octave
(Original)
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Otto Harbach
Book
Lyrics
William Carey Duncan
Book
Lyrics
Rudolf Friml
Music
Gustave Quinson
Based on a French Farce by
Yves Mirandeis
Based on a French Farce by
Edgar Selwyn
Staging
Leon Errol
Staging
Julian Mitchell
Staging
Clifford Pember
Scenic Design
Shirley Barker
Costume Design
Anna Spencer
Costume Supervisor
Arthur Hammerstein
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jan
13
1922
Closing Date
May
13
1922
Performances
140
as of Dec 15, 2025
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