Theatre Register

Howard St. John

Shows · Howard St. John

ActorOn stage 19261968

On stage 22 productions, 42 years

1926 The Blonde Sinner Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Vail 173 perf.
1927 Trial Marriage Wallacks Theatre · Original · directed by George Smithfield 24 perf.
1930 Broadway Shadows Belmont Theatre · Original 16 perf.
1930 Princess Charming Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Clarke Lilley 56 perf.
1932 Bulls, Bears and Asses Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Melville Burke 2 perf.
1933 Keeper of the Keys Fulton Theatre · Original 23 perf.
1934 Tomorrow's Harvest 49th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Merlin 4 perf.
1935 Triumph Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Priestly Morrison 8 perf.
1941 Cuckoos on the Hearth Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Antoinette Perry
1942 Janie Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Antoinette Perry 642 perf.
1942 Under This Roof Windsor Theatre · Original 17 perf.
1944 The Late George Apley Lyceum Theatre · Original 384 perf.
1946 Born Yesterday Lyceum Theatre · Original 1,642 perf.
1946 The Fatal Weakness Royale Theatre · Original 119 perf.
1949 Two Blind Mice Cort Theatre · Original 157 perf.
1952 Jane Coronet Theatre · Original · directed by Cyril Ritchard 100 perf.
1954 His and Hers 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Gordon 76 perf.
1956 Li’l Abner St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Kidd 693 perf.
1956 Someone Waiting John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Allan Davis 15 perf.
1959 The Highest Tree Longacre Theatre · Original 21 perf.
1961 Mary, Mary Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 1,572 perf.
1968 Tiger at the Gates Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Anthony Quayle 44 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

William Prince 2 productions
Scott McKay 2 productions
Leo G Carroll 2 productions
Jan Sterling 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 3 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Li’l Abner

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