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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Broadway
Original
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Broadway
Original
Times Square Theatre
219 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Anita Loos
,
John Emerson
People (23)
Katherine Brook
Miss Chapman
(Original)
Grace Burgess
Lulu
(Original)
Grace Cornell
Ann Spoffard
(Original)
Roy Gorham
William Gwynn
(Original)
Grace Hampton
Lady Beekman
(Original)
William T. Hayes
Old Spoffard
(Original)
Edna Hibbard
Dorothy Shaw
(Original)
Bruce Huntley
H. Gilbertson Montrose
(Original)
G. P. Huntley
Sir Francis Beekman
(Original)
Mrs. Jacques Martin
Mrs. Spoffard
(Original)
Frank Morgan
Henry Spoffard
(Original)
Edwina Prue
Dickie
(Original)
Vivian Purcell
Connie
(Original)
Ruth Raymonde
Gloria Atwell
(Original)
Georges Romain
Robert Broussard
(Original)
Adrian Rosely
Louis Broussard
(Original)
Arthur S. Ross
Gus Eisman
(Original)
Harold Thomas
Harry
(Original)
June Walker
Lorelei Lee
(Original)
Daniel Wolf
Leon
(Original)
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Katherine Brook
Miss Chapman
(Original)
Grace Burgess
Lulu
(Original)
Grace Cornell
Ann Spoffard
(Original)
Roy Gorham
William Gwynn
(Original)
Grace Hampton
Lady Beekman
(Original)
William T. Hayes
Old Spoffard
(Original)
Edna Hibbard
Dorothy Shaw
(Original)
Bruce Huntley
H. Gilbertson Montrose
(Original)
G. P. Huntley
Sir Francis Beekman
(Original)
Mrs. Jacques Martin
Mrs. Spoffard
(Original)
Frank Morgan
Henry Spoffard
(Original)
Edwina Prue
Dickie
(Original)
Vivian Purcell
Connie
(Original)
Ruth Raymonde
Gloria Atwell
(Original)
Georges Romain
Robert Broussard
(Original)
Adrian Rosely
Louis Broussard
(Original)
Arthur S. Ross
Gus Eisman
(Original)
Harold Thomas
Harry
(Original)
June Walker
Lorelei Lee
(Original)
Daniel Wolf
Leon
(Original)
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John Emerson
Writer
Anita Loos
Writer
Edgar Selwyn
Staging
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
28
1926
Closing Date
Mar
19
1927
Performances
199
as of Jan 02, 2026
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