Al Shean

On stage 13 productions, 45 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature3 passages

• Songs: “My Rambler Rose”; “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean” (Ed Gallagher-Al Shean, Ernest Ball); “ ’Neath the South Sea Moon”; “Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I’m in Love” (Ole Olsen-Chic Johnson, Ernest Brewer)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Reinald Werrenrath, Natalie Hall, Tullio Carminati, Katherine Carrington, Al Shean, Walter Slezak, Nicholas Joy, Marjorie Mainebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• “Storm Over Patsy” with Sara Allgood and Roger Livesey, “Excursion” with Whitford Kane and Shirley Booth, “Father Malachy’s Miracle” with Al Shean, “George and Margaret” with Irene Browne, “The Star-Wagon” with Lillian Gish and Burgess Meredith, and “French Without Tears” with Frank Lawton and Penelope Dudley Ward. Max Reinhardt staged an…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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