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Walk a Little Faster
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Walk a Little Faster Playbill - Dec 1932
Walk a Little Faster Playbill - Feb 1933
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Walk a Little Faster
Broadway
Original
St. James Theatre
246 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Vernon Duke
lyrics:
E.Y. Harburg
book:
Robert MacGunigle
,
S. J. Perelman
People (64)
Virginia Allen
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Bobby Clark
"Can Can/That's Life" performer
(Original)
"End of a Perfect Night" performer
(Original)
Andrew
(Original)
Sourdough, a Miner
(Original)
Sport Cardini
(Original)
The Dictator
(Original)
Melva Cornell
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Ruth Cunliffe
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Alyce Downey
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Joan English
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
La Vonne Gundry
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Amalie Ideal
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Tina Marie Jensen
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Kay Lazell
Specialty Dancer
(Original)
Specialty Dancer
(Original)
Greta Lewis
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Beatrice Lillie
"End of a Perfect Night" performer
(Original)
"Quel Bijou" performer
(Original)
Frisco Fanny
(Original)
Mrs. George Buckingham
(Original)
Nancy Fixit
(Original)
Penelope Goldfarb
(Original)
Georgia MacTaggart
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Paul McCullough
"Can Can/That's Life" performer
(Original)
A Bartender
(Original)
Boris, his secretary
(Original)
The Late Comer
(Original)
Nona O'Tera
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Molly Peck
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Ruth Porter
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Polly Porter
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
"Babs" Huneker
(Original)
"Announcement" performer
(Original)
Sunny Reddy
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Margarete Slattery
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Charlotte Stoll
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Bee Sullivan
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Rose Tyrrel
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Mary Grace Van Noy
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Kathleen VanNoy
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Barbara Williams
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Denny Wilson
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Wanda Wood
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Donald Burr
Commissar from the Volga
(Original)
"A Penny For Your Thoughts" performer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
"Unaccustomed As I Am" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Owen Coll
Lord Slosh
(Original)
The Bearded Stranger
(Original)
Patricia Dorn
"Boots" Kaplan
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Dorothy Fitzgibbon
Alice Bread
(Original)
"Nonchalant" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
A Maid in "The Girl Friend"
(Original)
Katherine Hall
An Actress
(Original)
Lady Slosh
(Original)
Windsor's Wife
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
John Hundley
Mr. George Buckingham
(Original)
Stacy Updegradd
(Original)
"Time and Tide" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Leslie McCloud
Butler
(Original)
Gus Windsor
(Original)
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Jerome Andrews
"April in Paris" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
William Culloo
Miner
(Original)
Red Guard
(Original)
Dave Fitzgibbon
"Nonchalant" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
Douglas Gerard
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Lloyd Harris
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Sue Hicks
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Evelyn Hoey
"April in Paris" performer
(Original)
"Nonchalant" performer
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" performer
(Original)
"Unaccustomed As I Am" performer
(Original)
A Maid in "Mayfair"
(Original)
Stephen Irving
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Serge Krasnoff
Miner
(Original)
Red Guard
(Original)
Sunnie O'Dea
"A Penny For Your Thoughts" performer
(Original)
Specialty Performer
(Original)
Albertina Vitak
"April in Paris dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
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Virginia Allen
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Bobby Clark
"Can Can/That's Life" performer
(Original)
"End of a Perfect Night" performer
(Original)
Andrew
(Original)
Sourdough, a Miner
(Original)
Sport Cardini
(Original)
The Dictator
(Original)
Melva Cornell
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Ruth Cunliffe
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Alyce Downey
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Joan English
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
La Vonne Gundry
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Amalie Ideal
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Tina Marie Jensen
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Kay Lazell
Specialty Dancer
(Original)
Specialty Dancer
(Original)
Greta Lewis
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Beatrice Lillie
"End of a Perfect Night" performer
(Original)
"Quel Bijou" performer
(Original)
Frisco Fanny
(Original)
Mrs. George Buckingham
(Original)
Nancy Fixit
(Original)
Penelope Goldfarb
(Original)
Georgia MacTaggart
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Paul McCullough
"Can Can/That's Life" performer
(Original)
A Bartender
(Original)
Boris, his secretary
(Original)
The Late Comer
(Original)
Nona O'Tera
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Molly Peck
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Ruth Porter
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Polly Porter
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
"Babs" Huneker
(Original)
"Announcement" performer
(Original)
Sunny Reddy
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Margarete Slattery
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Charlotte Stoll
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Bee Sullivan
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Rose Tyrrel
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Mary Grace Van Noy
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Kathleen VanNoy
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Barbara Williams
Speciality Dancer
(Original)
Denny Wilson
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Wanda Wood
Lady of the Ensemble
(Original)
Donald Burr
Commissar from the Volga
(Original)
"A Penny For Your Thoughts" performer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
"Unaccustomed As I Am" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Owen Coll
Lord Slosh
(Original)
The Bearded Stranger
(Original)
Patricia Dorn
"Boots" Kaplan
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Dorothy Fitzgibbon
Alice Bread
(Original)
"Nonchalant" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
A Maid in "The Girl Friend"
(Original)
Katherine Hall
An Actress
(Original)
Lady Slosh
(Original)
Windsor's Wife
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
John Hundley
Mr. George Buckingham
(Original)
Stacy Updegradd
(Original)
"Time and Tide" performer
(Original)
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Leslie McCloud
Butler
(Original)
Gus Windsor
(Original)
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Jerome Andrews
"April in Paris" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
William Culloo
Miner
(Original)
Red Guard
(Original)
Dave Fitzgibbon
"Nonchalant" dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
"Speaking of Love" performer
(Original)
Douglas Gerard
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Lloyd Harris
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Sue Hicks
"Where Have We Met Before" performer
(Original)
Evelyn Hoey
"April in Paris" performer
(Original)
"Nonchalant" performer
(Original)
"Off Again, On Again" performer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" performer
(Original)
"Unaccustomed As I Am" performer
(Original)
A Maid in "Mayfair"
(Original)
Stephen Irving
Commissar
(Original)
Miner
(Original)
Serge Krasnoff
Miner
(Original)
Red Guard
(Original)
Sunnie O'Dea
"A Penny For Your Thoughts" performer
(Original)
Specialty Performer
(Original)
Albertina Vitak
"April in Paris dancer
(Original)
"Saturday Night" dancer
(Original)
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Robert MacGunigle
Book
S. J. Perelman
Book
Vernon Duke
Music
E.Y. Harburg
Lyrics
Boris Aronson
Conception and Design
Monty Woolley
Book Direction
Albertina Rasch
Choreographer
Kiviette
Costume Design
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestration
Conrad Salinger
Orchestration
Murray Jay Queen
Stage Manager
William Culloo
Assistant Stage Manager
Irving Gordon
Assistant Stage Manager
Thomas Farrar
Technical Director
John Fallon
Assistant Technical Director
Leon Spachner
General Manager
Marc Lachmann
Press Representative
Courtney Burr
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
7
1932
Closing Date
Mar
18
1933
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