Tobey, Mary, Playbill Collection

1

1

1932

Imperial Theatre

Laugh Parade

Featured: Ed Wynn

1

2

Jan. 1932

Globe Theatre

The Cat and the Fiddle

By Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.
Featured: Eddie Foy Jr.

1

3

Jan. 1933

Apollo Theatre

Take a Chance

Featured: Jack Haley, Ethel Merman

1

4

Jan. 1934

Majestic Theatre

Murder at the Vanities

1

5

Jan. 1934

Winter Garden

Ziegfeld Follies

Presented by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (aka Billie Burke). 
Featured: Fanny Brice, Eve Arden

6

Jan. 1935

Winter Garden

Life Begins at 8:40

Featured: Burt Lahr, Ray Bolger

1

7

Jan. 24, 1935

Center Theatre

The Great Waltz

Based on music of Johann Strauss, Sr. and Jr.

1

8

Jan. 27, 1937

Center Theater

White Horse Inn

Featured: William Gaxton, Kitty Carlisle

Tipped in: news clipping

1

9

Jan. 28, 1937

The Music Box

Stage Door

By: George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.
Featured: Margaret Sullivan

1

10

Jan. 1938

Alvin Theatre

I'd Rather be Right

By: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
Music By Rogers & Hart.
Featured: George M. Cohan as President Roosevelt

Tipped in: 
magazine clipping

1

11

Jan. 1940

Winter Garden

Hellzapoppin

By: Olsen & Johnson

Tipped in: 
flyer for Charley's Aunt

1

11a

Jan. 1940

Winter Garden

Hellzapoppin

Souvenir program

1

12

Jan. 26, 1943

Empire  Theatre

Life With Father

Based on: Clarence Day.
Play by: Lindsay & Crouse.
Featured: Dorothy Stickney & Howard Lindsay

Two copies

Tipped in:
clipped review (removed to oversize file, Box 5)

1

13

Jan. 27, 1943
(matinee)

Shubert Theatre

By Jupiter

Featured: Ray Bolger, Constance Moore, Benay Venuta

Tipped in:
news clipping

1

14

Jan. 27, 1943

Forty-Sixth St. Theatre

Junior  Miss

Based on stories of Sally Benson

1

15

May 24, 1944

Winter Garden

Mexican Hayride

Featured: Bobby Clark, June Havoc

Tipped in:

• Program notes from Decca cast recording;
• Clipping of review.
• Clipped magazine article (moved to oversize file, Box 5. )

1

16

May 25, 1944

Plymouth Theatre

Chicken Every Sunday

Featured: Mary Philips, Sidney Blackmer

1

17

Nov. 1944

Forty-Sixth St. Theatre

One Touch of Venus

Featured: Mary Martin.
Music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Ogden Nash

Tipped in: program notes from Decca cast recording;

Souvenir post card.

1

18

Jan. 29, 1946

Hudson Theatre

State of the Union

Featured: Ralph Bellamy, Ruth 
Hussey.
By: Lindsay & Crouse

Two copies

1

19

Jan. 28, 1946

Booth Theatre

The Would-be Gentleman

Featured: Bobby Clark

Two copies

1

20

Jan 30, 1946
(matinee)

Ziegfeld Theatre

Show Boat

"New Production";
Kern and Hammerstein

2

1

Jan. 27, 1947

Shubert Theatre

Sweethearts

By: Victor Herbert.
Featured: Bobby Clark

Two copies
Clipped review (removed to oversize file, Box 5)

2

2

Jan. 29, 1947

Broadhurst 
Theatre

Happy Birthday

By: Anita Loos.
Featured: Helen Hayes

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

2

3

Jan. 1947

Imperial Theatre

Annie Get Your Gun

Featured: Ray Middleton, Ethel Merman

2

4

Jan. 27, 1948

Ziegfeld Theatre

Brigadoon

Ticket stubs 
attached
Tipped in: news clippings

2

5

Jan. 27, 1948

Lyceum Theatre

Born Yesterday

Featured: Judy Holliday

Tipped In:

• Two Clippings: contemporary magazine clipping with photos of Holliday; 1965 newspaper clipping concerning Holliday's death

2

6

Jan. 28, 1948

Sam S. Shubert Theatre

High Button Shoes

Featured: Phil Silvers, Nanette Fabray.
Song title: "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me"

Ticket stubs attached

2

7

Jan. 25, 1949

St. James Theatre

Where's Charley

Featured: Ray Bolger.
Songs: "Once in Love with Amy"

Two copies; ticket stubs attached
Tipped in: Postcard from Hotel Statler

2

8

Jan.1949

Alvin Theatre

Mister Roberts

Featured: Henry Fonda

Two copies
Tipped in

• 1950 news clipping concerning suicide of Frances (Mrs. Henry) Fonda.
• Life Magazine clipping concerning the play

2

9

Jan. 23, 1950

Mark Hellinger Theatre

Texas Li'l Darlin'

Two copies

2

10

Jan. 25, 1950

New Century Theatre

Kiss Me Kate

Featured: Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison. Music/lyrics Cole Porter

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

2

11

Jan. 29, 1951

Imperial Theatre

Call Me Madam

Featured: Ethel Merman. 
Book: Lindsay and Crouse. 
Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin. 
Dances: Jerome Robbins

Two copies; ticket stubs attached
Tipped in: news clipping concerning death of Ethel Merman and magazine clipping concerning Call Me Madam

2

12

Jan. 30, 1951

Lou Waters' Latin Quarter Theatre-Restaurant

Vive Les Femmes

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

2

13

Jan. 31, 1951

Majestic Theatre

South Pacific

Featured: Mary Martin, Ray Middleton. Music, Lyrics by Rogers & Hammerstein

Ticket stubs attached.
Tipped in:

• 2 contemporary clippings
• 1 clipping dated 1972 re: Mary Martin in retirement

2

14

Jan. 30, 1952

St. James Theatre

The King and I

Constance Carpenter played Gertrude Lawrence role

Ticket stubs attached;
Notices attached re: substitutions for performance.
Tipped in: News clipping re: Carpenter

2

15

Jan. 28, 1952

Forty-Sixth Street Theatre

Guys & Dolls

Featured: Robert Alda and Vivian Blaine;
Damon Runyon stories

Two copies; ticket stubs attached. 
Tipped in: contemporary news and magazine clippings.

2

16

Jan. 29, 1952

Sam S. Shubert Theatre

Paint Your Wagon

Featured: James Barton.
By Lerner and Lowe. Choreography by Agnes DeMille

Ticket stubs attached

2

17

Jan. 25, 1954

Coronet Theatre

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

Featured: Burgess Meredith, Martha Scott and Una Merkel

Two copies

2

18

Jan. 24, 1955

St. James Theatre

The Pajama Game

Featured: John Raitt, Janis Paige, Eddie Foy, Jr.

Two copies; ticket stubs attached;
Tipped in: Flyer for play "The Flowering Peach" by Clifford Odets

2

19

Jan. 25, 1955

Music Box

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

2

20

Jan. 23, 1956

Mark Hellinger Theatre

Plain and Fancy

Amish around Bird-in-Hand

Two copies; ticket stubs attached.
Tipped in: review clipped from magazine.

3

1

Jan. 24, 1956

Martin Beck Theatre

Teahouse of the August Moon

Ticket stubs attached

3

2

Jan. 28, 1957

Imperial Theatre

The Most Happy Fella

"Standing on the Corner"

Two copies; ticket stubs attached
Tipped in: notices regarding substitution for performance

3

3

Jan. 29, 1957

Alvin Theatre

No Time for Sergeants

Featured: Arte Johnson

Two copies: ticket stubs attached.
Tipped in: clipped article and magazine pages

3

4

Jan. 27, 1958

Broadhurst Theatre

Auntie Mame

Featured: Greer Garson

Tipped in:

• Magazine clipping
• Hotel receipt

3

5

Jan. 27, 1958

Sam. Shubert Theatre

Bells Are Ringing

Featured: Judy Holliday.
By: Comden and Green; Jerome Robbins

Two copies

3

6

Jan. 26, 1959

Majestic Theatre

The Music Man

Featured: Robert Preston.
By: Meredith Wilson

Ticket stubs attached

3

7

Jan. 27, 1959

Cort Theatre

Sunrise at Campobello

Featured: Ralph Bellamy.
By: Dore Schary

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

3

8

Jan. 26, 1960

Mark Hellinger Theatre

My Fair Lady

Featured: Edward Mulhare and Pamela Charles

Ticket stubs attached; Radio City Music Hall program

3

9

Jan. 23, 1961

Broadhurst Theatre

Fiorello

Featured: Tom Bosley

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

3

10

Jan. 20, 1962

Winter Garden

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Featured: Tammy Grimes

Ticket stubs attached

3

11

Jan. 19, 1963

Alvin Theatre

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Featured: Zero Mostel.
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Ticket stubs attached

3

12

Jan. 16, 1964

Radio City Music Hall

Charade (motion picture)

Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn

3

13

Jan. 18, 1964

Center Theatre

Howdy Mr. Ice

Presented (i.e. produced) by Sonja Henie and Arthur M. Wirtz

Two copies; ticket stubs attached

3

14

Jan. 1965

Alvin Theatre

High Spirits

Featured: Beatrice Lillie, Tammy Grimes. Based on "Blithe Spirit"

Clippings about Beatrice Lillie tipped in

3

15

Jan. 1965

The Playhouse

Never Too Late

Featured: Dennis O'Keefe, Martha Scott

Tipped in: clipping about performance

3

16

Jan. 1966

Mark Hellinger Theatre

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Featured: Barbara Harris, John Cullum. Book/Lyrics, Alan J. Lerner

Tipped in: clipping re: First Lady attending play

3

17

Jan. 1966

St. James Theatre

Hello Dolly

Featured: Ginger Rogers.
Based on play by Thornton Wilder

Two copies

3

18

Jan. 20, 1967

46th St. Theatre

I Do! I Do!

Featured: Mary Martin, Robert Preston. Based on "The Fourposter"

Ticket stubs attached

3

19

Jan. 19, 1968

Imperial Theatre

Cabaret

Featured: Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya

Ticket stubs

4

1

Jan. 18, 1964

Madison Square Garden

Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies

4

2

Jan. 20, 1968

Madison Square Garden

Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies

Ticket stubs attached

4

3

Nov. 29, 1970

Syracuse War Memorial

Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies

Tipped in: added page promoting guest artist, Peggy Fleming.
Ticket stubs

4

4

Jan. 29,1951

Madison Square Garden

Hockey magazine and program

Tipped in: program clippings

4

5

1952

Madison Square Garden

Hockey magazine and program

Lacks cover

4

6

Nov. 12, 1953

Philadelphia Forum

John Brown's Body

Includes program; show ad flier and souvenir book.
Ticket stubs attached

4

7

Radio City Music Hall

Souvenir program: Opening of Radio City Music Hall

4

8

Jan. 28, 1952

Hotel Statler, New York, New York

Guidebook

Note on cover: "Dinner, Jan. 28, 1952"

4

9

Aug. 20, 1955

Vernon Downs

Race program

Notes in margins indicating bets placed; results; winnings/losses

4

10

July 31, 1968

Vernon Downs

Race program

Notes on cover indicating bets placed; winnings/losses

4

11

Sept. 23, 1969

Vernon Downs

Race program

Notes on cover indicating bets placed; winnings/losses

4

12

Oct. 1, 1970

Vernon Downs

Race program

4

13

Aug. 20, 1974

Vernon Downs

Race program

Notes on cover indicating bets placed; winnings/losses

4

14

Jan. 26, 1948

New York Host Vol. 30, No. 4, January 24, 1948

Title on Cover: "Pennsylvania Host"
Guide to entertainment in New York City. 

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15

[Jan. 1952?]

Postcard for Paint Your Wagon

Program filed in Box 2, Folder 16

4

16

April 4-5 1949

Comerford's Theatre, Binghamton, New York

Oklahoma

Clippings filed in Box 5

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1

Nov. 10, 1944

Menu from Hackney's restaurant, Atlantic City, New Jersey

5

2

Undated
[1944?]

Clippings re: Mexican Hayride

Program in Box 1, Folder 15

5

3

Undated
[1947?]

Clippings re: Sweethearts starring Bobby Clark

Program in Box 2, Folder 1

5

4

Undated [1948?]

Clipping re: High Button Shoes

Program in Box 2, Folder 6

5

5

Undated
[ca. 1958?]

Clipping re: Auntie Mame

Program in Box 3, Folder 4

5

6

Undated [1958?]

Clipping re: Bells are Ringing

Program in Box 3 Folder 8

5

7

Undated
[1947?]

Clipping re: Life With Father

Program in Box 1, Folder 12

5

8

Feb. 1942

Clipped preview of Broadway season

5

9

Undated
[1947?]

Clipping re: Happy Birthday

Program in Box 2, Folder 2

5

10

Undated
[1948]

Clipping re: movie version of State of the Union

Play program in Box 1, Folder 18

5

11

1949

Clippings re: Oklahoma

Program in Box 5, Folder 16

5

12

Undated
[1944?]

Clipping re: Harvey

5

13

Undated [1950?]

Clipping re: Kiss Me Kate

Program in Box 2, Folder 10

5

14

Undated
[1952?]

Clippings re: The King and I

Program in Box 2, Folder 14

5

15

Undated [1944?]

Clippings re: One Touch of Venus, and star Mary Martin

Program in box 1, Folder 17

5

16

Undated

Clipping re: memorable songs from Broadway musical theatre

5

17

Undated [1948?]

Clipping re: Born Yesterday

Program in Box 2, Folder 5

5

18

Undated [1948?]

Clippings re: Brigadoon

Program in Box 2, Folder 4

5

19

Undated [1949?]

Clippings re: Where's Charley, and star Ray Bolger

Program in Box 2, Folder 7

5

20

Undated
[1949?]

Clipping re: Mister Roberts

Program in Box 2, Folder 8

5

21

Undated
[1951?]

Clipping re: Call Me Madam

Program in Box 2, Folder 11

5

22

Undated [1947?]

Clippings re: Annie Oakley, and stage production of Annie Get Your Gun

Program in Box 2, Folder 3

5

23

Undated
[1967?]

Clippings re: I Do! I Do! and Cabaret 

Programs in Box 3 Folders 18 and 19

5

24

Undated
[1946?]

Clippings re: Show Boat

5

25

Undated

Clipping re: Broadway director Josh Logan

5

26

Undated
[1946]

Clipping re: Li'l Abner

5

27

Undated
[1959]

Clippings re: The Sound of Music

5

28

Feb. 14, 1960

Clippings re: Fiorello

Program in Box 4, Folder 9

5

29

1947-1949

Clippings re: 
Life with Father and sequel Life with Mother

Program in Box 1, Folder 12

5

30

Nov. 13, 1977

Clipping re: actor Edward Mulhare and My Fair Lady

Program in Box 2, Folder 8

5

31

May 29, 1949

Clipping re: actors and actresses leaving major Broadway shows

5

32

Jan. 19, 1947

Clipping re: Sweethearts

5

33

April 18, 1949

Clipping re: South Pacific

Program in Box 2, Folder 13

5

34

Undated [1959?]

Clipping re: Sunrise at Campobello

Program in Box 3 Folder 7

5

35

Undated
[1948]

Clipping re: Inside U.S.A., a revue starring Beatrice Lillie

5

36

Undated

Miscellaneous clippings unrelated to theater

5

37

Undated

Record album liner and notes for Oklahoma