OOAK Original Program


George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby Musical Comedy "Helen of Troy, New York" at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts


Original Broadway Production Opened June 19th, 1923 at New York's Selwyn Theatre,


The Musical Starred Helen Ford in the Title Role, Tom Lewis as "Elias Yarrow", Roy Atwell as "C. Warren Jennings", Joseph Letora as "Baron De Cartier", Charles Lawrence as "Theodore Mince", Paul Frawley as "David Williams" and Queenie Smith as "Maribel Mccuffey" and Featured Joan Clement, Neil Ames, Elise Bonwit, Bobby Dale, William Dunn, Opal Hickson, Stella Hoban, Clyde Hunnewell, Lovey Lee and Marie Paynter .....


Side Note: the Play is a Spoof on Troy’s Famous Collar Industry That at the Time Was at Its Peak in the 1920's; Nine Out of Ten Collars Worn in America Were Made in Troy. The Play is a Spoof of the Cluett Peabody Collar and Shirt Company, Which Started in 1899, and Which Produced the First National Ad Campaign (1905-1931) “the Arrow Collar Man,” .....


Book by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly;


Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby;


Sets Designed by Sheldon K. Viele and Jimnolds;


Costumes Designed by Kiviette, Gilbert Clark and Millia Davenport;


Directed by Bertram Harrison and Bert French;


Produced by Sidney Wilmer and Walter Vincent in Association With George Jessel


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