Broadway
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949)
Opened at Ziegfeld Theatre
Opened: December 8, 1949
Closed: September 15, 1951
Opened: December 8, 1949
Closed: September 15, 1951
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is the hilarious tale of gold-digging showgirl Lorelei Lee, and Dorothy Shaw, Lorelei's free-loving companion, the men they pursue, the policemen they dodge, and the glittering jewels that occasionally adorn their shapely figures as they sail to Paris in the 1920s. This smash hit combines the satiric genius of novelist Anita Loos, the structural excellence of playwright Joseph Fields, and the wit of lyricist Leo Robin with Jule Styne's spectacularly jazzy score. As Lorelei Lee, Carol Channing catapulted to stardom with the show-stopping "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend."
Book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos
Adapted From the Novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Dances and Musical Ensembles Choreographed by Agnes de Mille
Production Designed by Oliver Smith
Costumes Designed by Miles White
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Musical Arrangements by Don Walker
Vocal Direction and Arrangements by Hugh Martin
Lighting by Peggy Clark
Music for Dances Arranged by Trude Rittman
Entire Production Staged by John C. Wilson
Produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith
Adapted From the Novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Dances and Musical Ensembles Choreographed by Agnes de Mille
Production Designed by Oliver Smith
Costumes Designed by Miles White
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Musical Arrangements by Don Walker
Vocal Direction and Arrangements by Hugh Martin
Lighting by Peggy Clark
Music for Dances Arranged by Trude Rittman
Entire Production Staged by John C. Wilson
Produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith
Musical Numbers:
- Overture
- It's High Time
- Bye Bye Baby
- Bye Bye Baby (reprise)
- Little Girl From Little Rock, A
- I Love What I'm Doing
- Just A Kiss Apart
- Scherzo
- It's Delightful Down In Chile
- Sunshine
- In The Champs De Mars
- Sunshine (reprise)
- I'm Atingle, I'm Aglow
- House On Rittenhouse Square, A
- You Say You Care
- Finaletto
- Bye Bye Baby (reprise 2)
- Mamie Is Mimi
- Coquette
- Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Homesick Blues
- Keeping Cool With Coolidge
- Button Up With Esmond
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (reprise)
- Bye Bye Baby (reprise 3)
Cast:
| Dorothy Shaw | Yvonne Adair |
| A Steward | Jerry Craig |
| Lorelei Lee | Carol Channing |
| Gus Esmond | Jack McCauley |
| Frank (of The Olympic Team) | Robert Cooper |
| George (of The Olympic Team) | Eddie Weston |
| Sun Bathers: | Pat Donohue |
| Marjorie Winters | |
| Lady Phyllis Beekman | Reta Shaw |
| Sir Francis Beekman | Rex Evans |
| Mrs. Ella Spofford | Alice Pearce |
| Deck Stewards: | Bob Burkhardt |
| Shelton Lewis | |
| Henry Spofford | Eric Brotherson |
| An Olympic | Curt Stafford |
| Josephus Gage | George S. Irving |
| Deck Walkers: | Fran Keegan |
| Junior Standish | |
| Bill, a Dancer | Peter Birch |
| Gloria Stark | Anita Alvarez |
| Pierre, a Steward | Bob Neukum |
| Taxi Driver | Kazimir Kokic |
| Leon, a Valet | Peter Holmes |
| Robert Lemanteur | Mort Marshall |
| Louis Lemanteur, his son | Howard Morris |
| A Flower Girl | Nicole France |
| Maitre d'Hotel | Crandall Diehl |
| Zizi | Judy Sinclair |
| Fifi | Hope Zee |
| Coles and Atkins: | Honi Coles |
| Cholly Atkins | |
| The Tenor | William Krach |
| Policeman | William Diehl |
| Headwaiter | Kazimir Kokic |
| Mr. Esmond, Sr. | Irving Mitchell |
| Show Girls: | Pat Donohue |
| Anna Rita Duffy | |
| Fran Keegan | |
| Annette Kohl | |
| Junior Standish | |
| Marjorie Winters | |
| Singing Ensemble: | Angela Castle |
| Joan Coburn | |
| Ellen McCown | |
| Candy Montgomery | |
| Judy Sinclair | |
| Lucillle Udovick | |
| Beverly Jane Weston | |
| Hope Zee | |
| Bob Burkhardt | |
| Jerry Craig | |
| William Diehl | |
| William Krach | |
| Shelton Lewis | |
| Bob Neukum | |
| Curt Stafford | |
| David Vogel | |
| Dancing Ensemble: | Suzanne Ames |
| Florence Baum | |
| Nicole France | |
| Pauline Goddard | |
| Patty Ann Jackson | |
| Alicia Krug | |
| Mary Martinet | |
| Caren Preiss | |
| Evelyn Taylor | |
| Norma Thornton | |
| Polly Ward | |
| Prue Ward | |
| Helen Wood | |
| Charles Basile | |
| Bill Bradley | |
| Rex Cooper | |
| Robert Cooper | |
| Crandall Diehl | |
| Aristide J. Ginoulias | |
| Peter Holmes | |
| John Laverty | |
| Eddie Weston |