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Broadhurst Theatre, NY

1954

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1957

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Comedy

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Written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields

Synopsis:
On their 15th Anniversary, a happy husband makes one wine-inspired mistake. He announces to his in-laws the romancing he and their daughter enjoyed before they were legally bound. The information is received with violent results by outraged grandparents and blasé children. The payoff comes at the hilarious second-act curtain. The 13-year-old daughter chooses to tell on air an audience of several dozen million people just what started all the trouble at home. From then on troubles mount, tempers rise, until everything explodes riotously and the play ends on a warm and tender note, all the family having gained a little more understanding of each other.

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Ogunquit, Maine

1975

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Washington, D.C.

1974

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Samuel French, NY

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Adaptation

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from John Updikes novel

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Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA

1966

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Cort Theatre, NY

1945

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

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Comedy

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Written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov

Synopsis:
A joyous and very entertaining play about a company of French actors during the German occupation of Paris and how they outwitted the intruders. A sophisticated play for advanced groups.

Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY

1954

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Original cast recording: DRG (19019)

1954

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Music by Sigmund Romberg; Lyrics by Leo Robin; Book by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields

Synopsis:
Setting: The theatrical district of New York. Immediately following the Civil War

Music Center, Los Angeles, CA

1965

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Tams-Wltmark, NY

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book of the musical

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revised from I Had A Ball

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Falmouth Playhouse, MA

1962

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written with Joseph Fields

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Martin Beck Theater, New York

1964

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Original cast recording: Mercury (2210)

1964

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book of the musical

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Music by Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman; Book by Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman

Synopsis:
Setting: In and around Coney Island, on the Fourth of July and sixty days later. The present

Lyceum Theatre. NY

1941

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

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comedy fantasy

Comedy

11

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plus boys and girls, some bit parts

Notes:
written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, based on the stories by Sally Benson

Synopsis:
Harry and Grace Graves have two childrenLois, and Judy, who at 13 has, besides her confidante Fuffy and an amazing capacity for food, a burning desire to grow up to the glamorous age of 16. With characteristic reasoning Judy decides that her father must be in love with the daughter of his boss, affectionately called J.B. It is decided that it is Judy's duty to bring Harry back into the family fold. In addition to saving her family, Judy takes it upon herself to 'save" her Uncle Willis, whom she has never seen until his unexpected arrival on Christmas Eve. Because Uncle Willis' name must never be mentioned in the presence of her mother, Judy decides he has been spending his time in jail. When Judy isn't binding the family ties, she and Fuffy practice walking in their first high-heeled shoes and conspiring to wangle young men to be their escorts for the New Year's dance; the result of all of which practically assures Harry of the loss of the partnership with J.B. However, with circumstances at their worst, there is an unexpected turn, and Judy becomes Miss Judy Graves, a lovely Junior Miss who has her escort for her first dance.

Biltmore Theatre, NY

1940

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Comedy

21

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of the 21 men, several are minor bits and 6 have no regular lines

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney

Synopsis:
As decribed in the World Telegram, "The new play recounts only the twelve months' period encompassed by the signing of a lease on a Greenwich Village basement apartment and the evacuation thereof, and a few of the amazing adventures that befell the two girls&an engaging, heart-warming play with exceptionally high comedy content. Eileen is the pretty one-the one who has stage aspirations and the homey personality that innocently invites passes from every man from 14 to 85 who has eyes in his head. Ruth is the plainer one, and her bent is for literature. Well, the two girls&land in the toils of Landlord Appopolous and the most distracting apartment you ever saw. Through their basement grating the swirling life of the village, its drunks and gamins, its hucksters and hustlers and occasionally its cops, seep, flow and sometimes come in an unwelcome deluge&The kitchenette is aptly described as a 'nauseating nook.' Blasting in the new subway cavern beneath rocks the building&Finally six officers of the Brazilian na

Music Box Theatre, NY

1956

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Random house, NY

1954

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Adaptation

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Written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Based on a story by Eudora Welty

Synopsis:
Setting: In and around a small town in the South, a few years ago

Bucks County Playhouse, PA

1949

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written with Joseph Fields

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Ritz Theatre, NY

1938

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Comedy

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Written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov

Synopsis:
Setting: M. Stone's Office, Mercury Pictures, Hollywood; Schoolhouse on the Mercury Lot

Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA

1966

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revised the book

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Samuel French, London

1982

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Mystery Comedy

Mystery

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written with Norman Panama

Synopsis:
about an internationally successful mystery novelist whose relatives wouldn't mind killing her to get their hands on her art collection

Broadway

1966

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Samuel French, NY

1966

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Adaptation

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Original Playwright - Claude Magnier

Synopsis:
greedy merchant snookered into being matchmaker for two daughters, one by his wife and one by the maid

Winter Garden Theatre, NY

1953

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Tams-Wltmark, NY

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Original cast recording: MCA (10050)

1953

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Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney

Synopsis:
Setting: Greenwich Village in the '30s