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YEAR PRODUCER PLAY DESIGNER STARS AUTHOR MUSIC
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1925 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE GRAND STREET FOLLIES ALINE BERNSTEIN ALBERT CARROLL    
1926 EVA LE GALLIENNE THE THREE SISTERS ALINE BERNSTEIN EVA LE GALLIENNE ANTON CHECKOV  
1927 THE THEATRE GUILD RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU THINK YOU ARE LEE SIMONSON EDWARD G. ROBINSON LUIGI PIRANDELLO  
1928 GILBERT MILLER THE AGE OF INNOCENCE NEWELL/HELENE PONS KATHARINE CORNELL Margaret Ayer Barnes (from Edith Wharton)  
1928 GEORGE TYLER MACBETH GORDON CRAIG/HELENE PONS LYN HARDING-FLORENCE REED    
1928   THE CHERRY ORCHARD (MEN’S COSTUMES)HELENE PONS        
1928 THE THEATRE GUILD MARCO MILLIONS LEE SIMONSON ALFRED LUNT EUGENE O’NEILL  
1928 THE THEATRE GUILD VOLPONE LEE SIMONSON ALFRED LUNT DUDLEY DIGGS BEN JONSON  
1928 THE THEATRE GUILD FAUST LEE SIMONSON DUDLEY DIGGS WOLFGANG GOETHE  
1929 GILBERT MILLER BERKELEY SQUARE HELENE PONS MARGALO GILMORE & LESLIE HOWARD    
1929 THE THEATRE GUILD THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH ALINE BERNSTEIN CLAUDE RAINS ROMAIN ROLLAND  
1930 GILBERT MILLER MARSEILLES HELENE PONS ALLISON SKIPWORTH    
1930 GILBERT MILLER THE VIOLET HELENE PONS RUTH GORDON    
1930 EVA LE GALLIENNE ROMEO & JULIET ALINE BERNSTEIN EVA LE GALLIENNE    
1930 DAVID BOLASCO TONIGHT OR NEVER HELENE PONS HELENE GAHAGAN & MELVYN DOUGLAS    
1930 PHIL. THEA. ASS. LYSISTRATA NORMAN BEL GEDDES VIOLET KEMBLE COOPER    
1930 MACGOWAN -REED TWELFTH NIGHT (REVIVAL) RAYMOND SOVEY JANE COWL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1930 THE THEATRE GUILD ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN LEE SIMONSON ALFRED LUNT & LYNN FONTANNE MAXWELL ANDERSON  
1930 THE THEATRE GUILD THE APPLE CART LEE SIMONSON CLAUDE RAINS GEORGE BERNARD SHAW  
1930 THE THEATRE GUILD A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY RAYMOND SOVEY DUDLEY DIGGS – ALLA NAZIMOVA IVAN TURGENIEV  
1931 EVA LE GALLIENNE CAMILLE ALINE BERNSTEIN EVA LE GALLIENNE    
approximate date 1931 BELASCO & CURRAN CAMILLE ROBT ED. JONES JANE COWL    
1931 DWIGHT WIMAN THIRD LITTLE SHOW RAYMOND SOVEY EDWARD ARNOLD DWIGHT WIMAN  
1931 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET JO MIELZINER KATHEARINE CORNELL RUDOLF BESIER  
1932 FORREST HARING HEY NONNY NONNY HELENE PONS RUTH GORDON – FRANK MORGAN    
1932 D. D. WIMAN GAY DIVORCE HELENE PONS FRED ASTAIRE & CLAIRE LUCE   COLE PORTER
APPR. 1932 BELASCO & CURRAN MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS HELENE PONS HELEN GAHAGAN    
1932 VINCENT YOUMANS THROUGH THE YEARS JOHN BOOTH MICHAEL BARTLETT   VINCENT YOUMANS
1932 KATHARINE CORNELL LUCRECE ROBT ED. JONES KATHARINE CORNELL-BRIAN AHERNE André Obey  
1933 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC ALIEN CORN HELENE PONS KATHARINE CORNELL    
1933 ROBERT ROCKMORE RUN, LITTLE CHILLUN HELENE PONS ROBERT ALDA HALL JOHNSON  
1933 THE THEATRE GUILD THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS LEE SIMONSON OSGOOD PERKINS MOLIèRE  
1933 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC JEZEBEL DONALD OENSLAGER MIRIAM HOPKINS OWEN DAVIS  
1934 EVA LE GALLIENNE L’AIGLON ALINE BERNSTEIN EVA LE GALLIENNE    
1934 GEORGE BUSHAR MACKEREL SKIES ALINE BERNSTEIN VIOLET KEMBLE COOPER JOHN HAGGART  
1934 BUSHAR & TUERK MOOR BORN HELENE PONS HELEN GAHAGAN DAN TOTHEROH  
1934 THE THEATRE GUILD A SLEEPING CLERGYMAN LEE SIMONSON RUTH GORDON JAMES BRIDIE  
1934 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC ROMEO & JULIET JO MIELZINER KATHARINE CORNELL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1935 GILBERT MILLER TOVARICH HELENE PONS MARTA ABBA    
1935 THE THEATRE GUILD PORGY AND BESS HELENE PONS TODD DUNCAN DUBOSE HEYWARD GEORGE GERSHWIN
1935 CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER MANSION ON THE HUDSON HELENE PONS CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER  
1935 THE AMERICAN BALLET COMPANY REMINISCENCES SERGHEI SOUDEIKINE JANE BANCROFT    
1935 THE THEATRE GUILD THE SIMPLETON OF UNEXPECTED ISLES LEE SIMONSON ALLA NAZIMOVA GEORGE BERNARD SHAW  
1936 DWIGHT WIMAN BABES IN ARMS HELENE PONS ALFRED DRAKE-MITZI GREEN ROGERS & HART

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1936 MESS.RS SCHUBERT THE GOLDEN JOURNEY HELENE PONS   EDWIN GILBERT  
1936 ARTHUR HOPKINS PLUMES IN THE DUST WOODMAN THOMPSON HENRY HULL SOPHIE TREADWELL  
1936 LESLIE HOWARD HAMLET (REVIVAL) STEWART CHANEY LESLIE HOWARD WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1936 SIDNEY KINGLSEY TEN MILLION GHOSTS DONALD OENSLAGER ORSON WELLES SIDNEY KINGLSEY  
1936 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC HAMLET (REVIVAL) JO MIELZINER JUDITH ANDERSON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1936 SAM LEVEY HEDDA GABLER (REVIVAL) STEWART CHANEY ALLA NAZIMOVA HENRIK IBSEN  
1936 GEORGE ABBOTT SWEET RIVER DONALD OENSLAGER WALTER PRICE GEORGE ABBOTT (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)  
1937 MEYER WEISGAL THE ETERNAL ROAD NORMAN BEL GEDDES     KURT WEILL
1937 CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER EDNA HIS WIFE HELENE PONS CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER  
1937 GEORGE ABBOTT BROWN SUGAR HELENE PONS   BERNIE ANGUS  
1937 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC HIGH TOR JO MIELZINER PEGGY ASHCROFT-BURGESS NEREDITH MAXWELL ANDERSON  
1937 CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER EMPRESS EUGENIE HELENE PONS CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER  
1937 ALEX YOKEL YOUNG MR. DISRAELI DAVID FFOLKES BEN WEBSTER ELSWORTH THANE  
1937 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC BARCHESTER TOWERS JO MIELZINER INA CLAIRE THOMAS JPB  
1937 W.P.A. THE REVOLT OF THE BEAVERS SAM LEVE      
1937 JED HARRIS A DOLL’S HOUSE DONALD OENSLAGER RUTH GORDON HERNIK IBSEN  
1938 BROCK PEMBERTON KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE HELENE PONS HELEN CLAIRE    
1938 JED HARRIS OUR TOWN HELENE PONS MARTHA SCOTT    
1938 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ COMPANY KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY FRANK BEVAN WALTER HUSTON MAXWELL ANDERSON KURT WEILL
1938 GEORGE ABBOTT THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE IRENE SHARAFF EDDIE ALBERT GEORGE ABBOTT

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1938 EDDIE DOWLING MADAME CAPET HELENE PONS EVA LE GALLIENNE MARCELLE MAURETTE  
1938 ROBINSON SMITH ESCAPE THIS NIGHT HELENE PONS   ROBERT STEINER & HARRY HORNER  
1938 GUTHRIE MCCLINTICK HOW TO GET TOUGH ABOUT IT HELENE PONS JOSE’ FERRER-KARL MALDEN ROBERT ARDREY  
1938 EDDIE DOWLING SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE HELENE PONS CEDRIC HARDWICKE PAUL VINCENT CARROLL  
1938 THE THEATRE GUILD PRELUDE TO EXILE LEE SIMONSON EVA LE GALLIENNE WILLIAM MC NALLY  
1938 MAURICE EVANS HAMLET (REVIVAL) DAVID FFOLKES MAURICE EVANS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1938 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC MISSOURI LEGEND JOHN KOENIG DOROTHY GISH JOSé FERRER E.B. GINTY  
UNC. 1938 CHERYL CRAWFORD GENERALS NEED BEDS HELENE PONS INA CLAIRE    
1938 NORMAN MARSHALL OSCAR WILDE RAYMOND SOVEY ROBERT MORLEY LESLIE AND SEWELL STOKES  
1938 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ COMPANY AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ALINE BERNSTEIN ISOBEL ELSOM ELMER RICE  
1938 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ COMPANY OUTWARD BOUND HELENE PONS FLORENCE REED VINCENT PRICE SUTTON VANE  
1938 THE THEATRE GUILD AMPHITRYON 38 VALENTINA ALFRED LUNT LYNN FONTANNE JEAN GIRAUDOUX  
1938 DEERTREES SUMMER THEATRE summer productons HELENE PONS      
1939 GEORGE ABBOTT THE PRIMROSE PATH HELENE PONS BETTY FIELD ROBERT BUCKNER  
1939 HERMAN SHUMLIN THE LITTLE FOXES ALINE BERNSTEIN TALLULAH BANKHEAD LILLIAN HELLMAN  
1939 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ COMPANY KEY LARGO HELENE PONS PAUL MUNI MAXWELL ANDERSON  
1939 JOHN C. WILSON SET TO MUSIC GLADYS CALTHROP BEATRICE LILLIE NOEL COWARD  
1939 MAURICE EVANS RING HENRY IV PART ONE DAVID FFOLKES MAURICE EVANS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  
1939 CHERYL CRAWFORD FAMILY PORTRAIT HARRY HORNER JUDITH ANDERSON LENORE COFFEE  
1939 WORLD’S FAIR RAILROADS ON PARADE NORMAN BEL GEDDES      
1940 GILBERT MILLER LADIES IN RETIREMENT HELENE PONS FLORA ROBSON    
1940 EDWARD CHOATE THE FLYING GERARDOS HELENE PONS JOSEPHINE EVANS KENYON NICHOLSON  
1940 GILBERT MILLER LADIES IN RETIREMENT HELENE PONS FLORA ROBSON-ESTELLE WINWOOD REGINALD DENHAM  
1940 ELMER RICE TWO ON AN ISLAND HELENE PONS LUTHER ADLER ELMER RICE  
1940 B.G.DESYLVA-IRVING BERLIN LOUISIANA PURCHASE TOM LEE ZORINA-IRENE BORDONI MORRIE RYSKIN IRVING BERLIN
1941 LINDSEY & CROUSE ARSENIC AND OLD LACE HELENE PONS JOSEPHINE HULL-BORIS KARLOFF JOSEPH KESSELRING  
1941 SHEPARD TRAUBE ANGEL STREET Judith Evelyn’s clothes NOTE: HELENE PONS JUDITH EVELYN PATRICK HAMILTON  
1941 JOHN TUERK THE DISTANT CITY HELENE PONS GLADYS GEORGE EDWIN B. SELF  
1941 HERMAN SHUMLIN WATCH ON THE RHINE HELENE PONS ANN BLYTH LILLIAN HELLMAN  
1941 EVERETT WILE FIVE- ALARM WALTZ HELENE PONS ELIA KAZAN ANN PRUMBS  
1941 GILBERT MILLER HARRIET ALINE BERNSTEIN HELEN HAYES FLORENCE RYERSON  
1941 GUTHRIE MC CLINTIC THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA MOTLEY KATHARINE CORNELL GEORGE BERNARD SHAW  
1942 KATHERINE CORNELL THE THREE SISTERS HELENE PONS JUDITH ANDERSON KATHERINE CORNELL ANTON CHECKOV  
1943 JED HARRIS DARK EYES STEWART CHANEY EUGENIE LEONTOVITCH ELENA MIRAMOVA  
1947 LOWE & LUCKENBACH PORTRAIT IN BLACK HELENE PONS SYDNEY BALCKMER CLAIRE LUCE IVAN GOFF & BEN ROBERTS  
1947 JOHN C. WILSON THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS ALINE BERNSTEIN TALLULAH BANKHEAD JEAN COCTEAU  
1947 RUTH GORDON-GARSON KANIN HOW I WONDER HELENE PONS RAYMOND MASSEY DONALD OGDEN STUART  
1947 ROBERT WHITEHEAD CRIME AND PUNISHMENT LESTER POLAKOV JOHN GIELGUD LILLIAN GISH RODNEY ACKLAND (DOSTOIEVSKI)  
1947 ROBERT WHITEHEAD MEDEA (REVIVAL) CASTILLO JUDITH ANDERSON-JOHN GIELGUD ROBINSON JEFFERS  
1948 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE HEDDA GABLER (REVIVAL) HELENE PONS HERBERT BERGHOF EVA LE GALLIENNE HENRIK IBSEN  
1948 EDGAR LUCKENBACH THE MEN WE MARRY HELENE PONS SHIRLEY BOOTH ELIZABETH COBB & HERSHEL WILLIAMS  
1949 METROPOLITAN OPERA PETER GRIMES ROLF GERARD      
1949 LEM AYRES-ST SUBER KISS ME KATE LEM AYRES ALFRED DRAKE SAM & BELLA SPEWACK COLE PORTER
1950 METROPOLITAN OPERA DON CARLOS ROLF GERARD   GIUSEPPE VERDI  
1950 THE THEATRE GUILD COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA LUCILLE LITTLE SHIRLEY BOOTH WILLIAM INGE  
1950 METROPOLITAN OPERA DIE FLEDERMAUS ROLF GERARD   STRAUSS  
1951 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT OLIVER SMITH JEAN BABLILEEV-NATHALIE PHILLIPART   BACH
ROLAND PETIT
1951 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ COMPANY BAREFOOT IN ATHENS RUDOFSKY BARRY JONES MAXWELL ANDERSON  
1951 GILBERT MILLER GIGI DESIGNER COULD BE HELENE PONS RAYMOND SOVEY AUDREY HEPBURN ANITA LOOS COLETTE  
1951 METROPOLITAN OPERA AIDA ROLF GERARD MARIO DEL MONACO GIUSEPPE VERDI  
1951 METROPOLITAN OPERA COSì FAN TUTTE ROLF GERARD   MOZART  
1952 JULE STYNE PAL JOEY (REVIVAL) MILES WHITE HAROLD LANG   ROGERS& HART
1952 ELAINE PERRY ANASTASIA HELENE PONS VIVECA LINDFORS MARCEL MAURETTE-GUY BOLTON  
1952 ROBERT WHITEHEAD THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO HELENE PONS SHIRLEY BOOTH ARTHUR LAURENTS  
1952 ALDEN S BLODGETT PARIS ’90 HELENE PONS CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER  
1954 ROBERT WHITEHEAD PORTRAIT OF A LADY CECIL BEATON JENNIFER JONES WILLIAM ARCHIBALD-HENRY JAMES  
1955 KERMIT BLOOMGARDEN DIARY OF ANNE FRANK HELENE PONS SUSAN STRASSBERG-JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT    
1955 THE THEATRE GUILD HEAVENLY TWINS HELENE PONS JEAN PIERRE AUMONT FAYE EMERSON ALBERT HUSSON  
1955 ROBERT WHITEHAD AND ANTA THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (REVIVAL) HELENE PONS GEORGE ABBOTT, HELEN HAYES, MARY MARTIN THORNTON WILDER  
1956 KERMIT BLOOMGARDEN & ROBERT WHITEHEAD  A VIEW FROM A BRIDGE HELENE PONS VAN HEFLIN ARTHUR MILLER  
1956 HERMAN LEVIN MY FAIR LADY CECIL BEATON JULIE ANDREWS REX HARRISON LERNER LOEWE
1957 SHEPARD TRAUBE MONIQUE HELENE PONS DENHOLM ELIOT DOROTHY BLANKFORT  
1957 DAVID MERRICK ROMANOFF AND JULIET HELENE PONS PETER USTINOV PETER USTINOV  
1958 DAVID MERRICK MARIA GOLOVIN HELENE PONS WILLIAM CHAPMAN GIAN CARLO MENOTTI  
1958 DAVID MERRICK AND JOSHUA LOGAN EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON HELENE PONS WENDY CRAIG JOHN OSBORNE  
1959 NORMAN TWAIN EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON (REVIVAL) HELENE PONS EILEEN HERLIE JOHN OSBORNE  
1960 PHILIP ROSS SEMI-DETACHED HELENE PONS ROBERT ALVIN PATRICK JOUDRY  
1960 LERNER,LOEWE,MOSS HART CAMELOT ADRIAN/TONY DUQUETTE JULIE ANDREWS RICHARD BURTON    
1960 SOL HUROK A LOVELY LIGHT HELENE PONS DOROTHY STICKNEY STICKNEY-MILLAY  
1961 RICHARD HALLIDAY DAUGHTER OF SILENCE HELENE PONS EMLYN WILLIAMS MORRIS L. WEST EL COWARD
1961 BONARD PRODUCTIONS SAIL AWAY HELENE PONS ELAINE STRITCH NOEL COWARD N
1963 DORE SCHARY LOVE AND KISSES HELENE PONS SUSAN BROWNING ANITA ROWE BLOCK