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Matt Briggs

Shows · Matt Briggs

Actor 1883–1962 On stage 19281952

On stage 17 productions, 24 years

1928 Brothers 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Hurley 255 perf.
1931 Wonder Boy Alvin Theatre · Original 44 perf.
1932 Blessed Event Longacre Theatre · Original 115 perf.
1932 Twentieth Century Broadhurst Theatre · Original 152 perf.
1934 Kill That Story Booth Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 117 perf.
1934 So Many Paths Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by Priestly Morrison 28 perf.
1935 Nowhere Bound Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by A.H. Van Buren 15 perf.
1936 Sweet River Hollywood Theatre · Original · directed by Juanita Hall 5 perf.
1939 Margin for Error Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Otto Preminger 264 perf.
1940 The Male Animal Cort Theatre · Original 243 perf.
1941 Junior Miss Lyceum Theatre · Original
1941 Village Green Henry Millers Theatre · Original 30 perf.
1944 Bloomer Girl Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by E. Y. Harburg, William Schorr 654 perf.
1944 That Old Devil Playhouse Theatre · Original 16 perf.
1947 Bloomer Girl City Center · Revival · directed by William Schorr 48 perf.
1948 The Hallams Booth Theatre · Original 12 perf.
1952 The Male Animal City Center · Revival · directed by Michael Gordon 333 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Sam Levene 2 productions
Ross Hertz 2 productions
Regina Wallace 2 productions
Olive Reeves Smith 2 productions
Nanette Fabray 2 productions
Mildred Wall 2 productions
Mabel Taliaferro 2 productions
John Call 2 productions
John Byrd 2 productions
Joe E. Marks 2 productions
Hubert Dilworth 2 productions
Holly Harris 2 productions

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Celeste Holm, David Brooks, Dooley Wilson, Joan McCracken, Richard Huey, Margaret Douglass, Mabel Taliaferro, Matt Briggs, Herbert Rossebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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