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HellzAPoppin Playbill - Jan 1939
HellzAPoppin Playbill - Nov 1941
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Hellzapoppin
Broadway
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46th Street Theatre
226 W 46th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
book:
Olsen & Johnson
lyrics:
Charles Tobias
,
Sammy Fain
music:
Charles Tobias
,
Sammy Fain
People (97)
Chic Johnson
Chic
(Original)
Chief Odessa
(Original)
Filthy McNaety
(Original)
Ninatochka
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Ole Olsen
Big Nick Gat
(Original)
Ole
(Original)
Paul Revere
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Vladimir Mamlock
(Original)
Jay C. Flippen
Performer
(Replacement)
Big Nick Gat
(Replacement)
Jay
(Replacement)
Paul Revere
(Replacement)
Singer
(Replacement)
Vladimir Mamlock
(Replacement)
Happy Felton
Performer
(Replacement)
Filthy McNaety
(Replacement)
Happy
(Replacement)
Ninatochka
(Replacement)
Singer
(Replacement)
Chief Odessa
(Replacement)
Billy Adams
Performer
(Original)
Aloha Maids
Performer
(Original)
Whitey's Steppers
Performer
(Original)
Barto & Mann
Performer
(Original)
Berg and Moore
Performer
(Original)
The Charioteers
Performer
(Original)
Bettymae Crane
Performer
(Original)
Beverly Crane
Performer
(Original)
Sidney Dean
Sit-Downer
(Original)
Ray Kinney
Performer
(Original)
Walter Nilsson
Performer
(Original)
J. C. Olsen
Performer
(Original)
The Radio Rogues
Performer
(Original)
Bonnie Reed
Singer
(Original)
Mel Reed
Performer
(Original)
Roberta and Ray
Performer
(Original)
Hal Sherman
Performer
(Original)
Dorothy Thomas
Cycling Girl
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
The Starlings
Performer
(Original)
Shirley Wayne
Performer
(Original)
June Winters
Singer
(Original)
Dippy Diers
Performer
(Replacement)
Ben Beri
Performer
(Replacement)
Mary Sutherland
Performer
(Replacement)
Joey Ayrey
Performer
(Replacement)
Bob Barry
Performer
(Replacement)
John Callaghan
Performer
(Replacement)
Dictator
(Replacement)
Theo Hardeen
Performer
(Replacement)
Stephen Olsen
Performer
(Replacement)
Guest
(Replacement)
Patrick Henry
(Replacement)
Sidney Gibson
Performer
(Replacement)
The Town Crier
(Replacement)
Peter Chan
Performer
(Replacement)
Milton Stern
Performer
(Replacement)
Billy Boyle
Boy
(Replacement)
Dictator
(Replacement)
Private Gams
(Replacement)
Blanche Poston
Cycling Girl
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Mildred Clark
Cycling Girl
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Louise Marsh
Cycling Girl
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Mary Barth
Cycling Girl
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Dorothy Mathews
Cycling Girl
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Frank Sheppard
Dancer
(Replacement)
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Jim Collins
Dictator
(Replacement)
Marty Faber
Dictator
(Replacement)
Ernest Di Gennaro
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Dick Langdon
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Rita Horgan
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Rita Karyl
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Claire Kaktin
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Ariel Ballard
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Regina Lewis
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Renee Havel
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Evelyn Laurie
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Eddie Murray
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Margie Dale
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Mary Boland
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Terry Lasky
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Phyllis Lake
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Joan Bergere
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Barbara Pond
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Ila Marie Wilson
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Eleanor Lamanna
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Helen Felix
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Pat O'Cleary
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Anne Middleton
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Adolph Gudel
Ensemble
(Replacement)
Third Boy
(Replacement)
Fuzzy Lentz
Ensemble
(Replacement)
First Boy
(Replacement)
Phil Farley
Fourth Boy
(Replacement)
Photographer
(Replacement)
Ruth Faber
Gangster Moll
(Replacement)
Madelyn O'Hara
Lena
(Replacement)
The Lost Traveller
(Replacement)
Catherine Johnson
Lena
(Replacement)
The Lost Traveller
(Replacement)
Dolly Spence
Mindreader
(Replacement)
Bobby Barry
Second Boy
(Replacement)
Gene Meredith
Sit-Downer
(Replacement)
Charles Withers
The Old Op'ry House Manager
(Replacement)
William Chandler
Third Boy
(Replacement)
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Chic Johnson
Chic
(Original)
Chief Odessa
(Original)
Filthy McNaety
(Original)
Ninatochka
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Ole Olsen
Big Nick Gat
(Original)
Ole
(Original)
Paul Revere
(Original)
Singer
(Original)
Vladimir Mamlock
(Original)
Billy Adams
Performer
(Original)
Aloha Maids
Performer
(Original)
Whitey's Steppers
Performer
(Original)
Barto & Mann
Performer
(Original)
Berg and Moore
Performer
(Original)
The Charioteers
Performer
(Original)
Bettymae Crane
Performer
(Original)
Beverly Crane
Performer
(Original)
Sidney Dean
Sit-Downer
(Original)
Ray Kinney
Performer
(Original)
Walter Nilsson
Performer
(Original)
J. C. Olsen
Performer
(Original)
The Radio Rogues
Performer
(Original)
Bonnie Reed
Singer
(Original)
Mel Reed
Performer
(Original)
Roberta and Ray
Performer
(Original)
Hal Sherman
Performer
(Original)
Dorothy Thomas
Cycling Girl
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
The Starlings
Performer
(Original)
Shirley Wayne
Performer
(Original)
June Winters
Singer
(Original)
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Olsen & Johnson
Book
Producer
Sammy Fain
Music
Lyrics
Charles Tobias
Music
Lyrics
Don George
Featured Songs
Teddy Hall
Composer
Annette Mills
Composer
Gonzalo Curiel
Composer
Paul Mann
Composer
Stephen Weiss
Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Gae Foster
Musical Staging
Joan Personette
Costume Design
Phil Ellis
Vocal Arrangements
Tom Greene
Consultant on Production to Olsen and Johnson
Dennis Murray
Stage Director
Milton Stern
Stage Manager
Fuzzy Lentz
Assistant Stage Manager
Lawrence Shubert Lawrence, Jr.
Company Manager
Claude Greneker
General Press Representative
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
(Uncredited) Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
22
1938
Closing Date
Dec
17
1941
Performances
1,404
as of Dec 02, 2025
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