LIGHT UP THE SKY PLAY CAST - INSCRIBED SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS

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LIGHT UP THE SKY PLAY CAST - INSCRIBED SHOW BILL SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: SAM LEVENE, MILTON BERLE, KITTY CARLISLE, RUTH MCDEVITT, MICHAEL GOODWIN, HAROLD J. KENNEDY, VIVIAN BLAINE, HAYDEN RORKE - HFSID 175882
LIGHT UP THE SKY
PLAY CAST: KITTY CARLISLE, VIVIAN BLAINE, HAYDEN RORKE, RUTH McDEVITT, SAM LEVENE, MICHAEL GOODWIN and HAROLD KENNEDY
All sign the playbill on the front cover.
Playbill signed: "
Milton Berle
", "
Kitty Carlisle
", "
Vivian/Blaine
", "
To Bob/Best Wishes/
Hayden Rorke/
[2 words illegible]", "
Ruth McDevitt
", "
Sam Levene
", "
Michael Goodwin
"
and
"
Harold Kennedy
" on cover, 28 pages, 6x9. C
irca June 1971.
Complete program for
Light Up the Sky
,
written by Moss Hart, performed at the John B Kelly Playhouse in the Park for the Lincoln Festival. Program includes biographies of the stars of the play. Comedian and TV star
MILTON BERLE
(1908-2002), possibly attended the play, as he is not listed in the credits. In addition to the TV work for which he is best known,
Berle also performed on Broadway six times and produced two Broadway plays:
I'll Take the High Road
(1943) and
Seventeen
(1951).
In this production of
Light Up the Sky
,
which was first directed by Hart at the Royale Theatre on Broadway from November 18, 1948-May 21, 1949,
KITTY CARLISLE, the wife of the playwright
, starred as Irene Livingston (the play is set in her living room at the Ritz-Carleton Hotel in Boston). Other members of the cast included
VIVIAN BLAINE
as Frances Black,
HAYDEN RORKE
as Owen Turner,
RUTH McDEVITT
as Stella Livingston,
SAM LEVENE
as Sidney Black (the role he had originated on Broadway),
MICHAEL GOODWIN
as Peter Sloan and
HAROLD KENNEDY
as Carleton Fitzgerald.
CARLISLE
(1910-2007), was
married to Moss Hart from 1946 until his death in 1961.
Although she appeared on Broadway from 1933 and was in a number of feature films and television shows, she is perhaps
best known as a panelist on the TV game show,
To Tell The Truth
(she was the only panelist to appear in every version of the show from 1956-2002).
BLAINE
(1921-1995), born Vivian Stapleton, appeared in
five Broadway plays
, including
Guys and Dolls
.
HAYDEN
RORKE
(1910-1987), who made 70 appearances on Broadway and had 50 feature films and nearly 400 TV shows to his credit, is
perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Bellows on
I Dream of Jeannie
(1965-1970). McDEVITT
(1895-1976) appeared in a number of Broadway productions, including
Picnic
(1953-1954). Director/performer
LEVENE
(1905-1980), who first appeared on Broadway in 1927, was
nominated for a 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
for
The Devil's Advocate
.
GOODWIN
appeared in a number of Broadway plays as well as in feature films and on television.
KENNEDY
(1914-1988), who appeared on Broadway and directed several plays, wrote
No Pickle - No Performance
, a memoir of his life in the theater. Lightly creased. Cover slightly soiled. Overall, fine condition.
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LIGHT UP THE SKY PLAY CAST
HAYDEN RORKE
VIVIAN BLAINE
HAROLD J. KENNEDY
MICHAEL GOODWIN
RUTH MCDEVITT
KITTY CARLISLE
MILTON BERLE
SAM LEVENE
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