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Reginald Hammerstein

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Director 1896–1958

Reginald Hammerstein (1896–1958), younger brother of Oscar Hammerstein II, was an American director whose Broadway credits included Sweet Adeline, Golden Dawn, and Good Boy.

Also credited on3 works

Sweet Adeline
Golden Dawn
Good Boy

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In the literature1 passages

  • During the tryout, Howard Hoyt, Reginald Hammerstein, and Fred F. Finklehoffe were the credited producers, but by the New York opening all three were no longer cited and instead Anthony B. Farrell was listed as the sole producer. Sonny Tufts was replaced by Mark Dawson.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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