Luther Saxon

On stage 2 productions, 4 years

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In the literature2 passages

• Cast: Muriel Smith (or Inez Matthews), Luther Saxon, Carlotta Franzell, Glenn Bryant, June Hawkins, Cosy Coleebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• year, and was given a lusty performance by an all-colored cast headed by Muriel Smith and Luther Saxon. The Bizet operatic score was used in a special arrangement, and the Carmen story was re-told in a modern war-plant background by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Other new musicals of the year were “Early to Bed” with Richardtheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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