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The Chocolate Soldier
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Revival
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The Chocolate Soldier Playbill - March 1947
The Chocolate Soldier
Broadway
Revival
New Century Theatre
932 Seventh Ave. at W. 58th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Jay Blackton
,
Oscar Strauss
book:
Leopold Jacobson
,
Rudolph Bernauer
libretto:
Leopold Jacobson
,
Rudolph Bernauer
People (25)
Keith Andes
Lieutenant Bumerli
(Original)
Henry Calvin
Captain Massakroff
(Original)
Mary Ellen Moylan
Premiere Danseuse
(Original)
Billy Gilbert
Col. Kasimer Popoff
(Original)
Gloria Hamilton
Mascha
(Original)
Michael Mann
Stephen
(Original)
Frances McCann
Nadina Popoff
(Original)
Ernest McChesney
Major Alexius Spiridoff
(Original)
Francisco Moncion
Premiere Dancer
(Original)
Muriel O'Malley
Aurelia Popoff
(Original)
Anna Wiman
Katrina
(Original)
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Keith Andes
Lieutenant Bumerli
(Original)
Henry Calvin
Captain Massakroff
(Original)
Mary Ellen Moylan
Premiere Danseuse
(Original)
Billy Gilbert
Col. Kasimer Popoff
(Original)
Gloria Hamilton
Mascha
(Original)
Michael Mann
Stephen
(Original)
Frances McCann
Nadina Popoff
(Original)
Ernest McChesney
Major Alexius Spiridoff
(Original)
Francisco Moncion
Premiere Dancer
(Original)
Muriel O'Malley
Aurelia Popoff
(Original)
Anna Wiman
Katrina
(Original)
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Leopold Jacobson
Book
Rudolph Bernauer
Book
Guy Bolton
Revision
Hugh Stanislaus Stange
American Version
Oscar Strauss
Music
Jay Blackton
Music
Music Orchestrations
George Bernard Shaw
Source Material (from "Arms and the Man")
Bernard Hanighen
Revised and Additional Lyrics
Felix Brentano
Staging
George Balanchine
Choreographer
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
Lucinda Ballard
Costume Design
John H. Del Bondio
Producer
Hans Bartsch
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
12
1947
Closing Date
May
10
1947
Performances
69
as of Jan 31, 2026
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Awards
Theatre World Awards
1947
Theatre World Award
Keith Andes
Winner
Tony Award
1947
Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Lucinda Ballard
Winner
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