- Source: Kenley Players
The Kenley Players was an Equity summer stock theatre company which presented hundreds of productions featuring Broadway, film, and television stars in Midwestern cities between 1940 and 1995. Variety called it the "largest network of theaters on the straw hat circuit." Founded by and operated for its entire lifespan by John Kenley, it is credited with laying the groundwork for Broadway touring companies.
The company's success was predicated on booking big-name stars for their box office potential, casting them in familiar plays and musicals, and keeping prices low, thereby attracting large crowds. In its heyday, Kenley Players productions drew crowds of 5,000 in Dayton, Akron, Columbus, Flint, Michigan, and Warren, Ohio. Kenley "pioneered the notion of putting TV stars in summer stock." In a 1950 interview Kenley told The Washington Post, "I only charge $1.50 top...I'd rather have full houses every night than be stuck with a batch of empty seats."
Headliners included Tallulah Bankhead, Cyd Charisse, Rosemary Clooney, Olivia de Havilland, Veronica Lake, Gypsy Rose Lee, Arthur Godfrey, Rudy Vallée, Tommy Tune, Burt Reynolds, George Maharis, Ethel Merman, Mae West, Billy Crystal, William Shatner, Betty White, Florence Henderson, Mickey Rooney, Roddy McDowall, Marlene Dietrich, Jayne Mansfield, Rock Hudson and Gloria Swanson. Those who appeared in more than five productions included Edie Adams, Ed Ames, Vivian Blaine, Mitzi Gaynor, Vincent Price, Genevieve, Robert Goulet, Lois Hunt, Van Johnson, Carol Lawrence, Paul Lynde, Gordon MacRae, Ann Miller, Karen Morrow, John Raitt, Martha Raye, Alexis Smith, Betty White, Barry Williams, and Earl Wrightson. In 1972, 1973, and 1975, Karen Valentine appeared in Columbus, Ohio. In 1978, Sue Ane Langdon appeared in Chicago in Columbus, Ohio.
Backstage called the Kenley Players "a legendary summer stock circuit." Playbill called it "for decades, a renowned midwestern summer stock outfit." During the period The Phil Donahue Show was broadcast from Dayton, celebrities appearing in Kenley productions appeared regularly, giving Kenley national publicity.
Production history
= 1940
=The Barker - starring Ann Corio
Command of Love - starring Ramon Novarro
The Hottentot - starring Arthur Treacher
No More Ladies - starring Lila Lee and Pert Kelton
On the Spot - starring Anna May Wong
The Poor Nut - starring Buddy Ebsen
Private Lives - starring Ruth Chatterton
See My Lawyer - starring Teddy Hart
Tit for Tat - starring Pert Kelton and Lila Lee
Up Pops the Devil - starring Fifi D'Orsay
Worth A Million - starring Charley Chase
Young Sinners - starring Leon Janney
= 1947
=Ah, Wilderness! - starring Frank McHugh
Arsenic and Old Lace - starring Bela Lugosi
Biography - starring Vera Vague
Caprice - starring Ruth Chatterton
Dream Play - starring Jean Parker
A Goose for the Gander - starring Gloria Swanson
Kiss and Tell - starring Peggy Ann Garner
Ladies in Retirement - starring Fritzi Scheff
The Little Foxes - starring Ruth Chatterton
The Male Animal - starring Buddy Ebsen
The Petrified Forest - starring Conrad Nagel
The Philadelphia Story - starring Diana Barrymore
Sailor Beware - starring Ann Corio
A Slight Case of Murder - starring James Dunn
Springtime for Henry - starring Edward Everett Horton
Three's A Family - no featured performers
Tobacco Road - no featured performers
= 1948
=Fatal Weakness - starring Glenda Farrell
Free Hand - starring Larry Parks
Good News - starring Dean Havers (first musical)
John Loves Mary - starring Guy Madison
Kind Lady - starring Sylvia Sidney
Kiss and Tell - starring James Dobson
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney - starring Kay Francis
Laura - starring Signe Hasso
Made in Heaven - starring Richard Arlen
Strictly Dishonorable - starring Edmund Lowe
Ten Little Indians - starring Beverly Roberts and Beverly Bayne
Twentieth Century - starring Mischa Auer and Haila Stoddard
The Voice of the Turtle - starring Virginia Gilmore
Years Ago - starring Nancy Carroll
= 1949
=Accent on Youth - starring Paul Lukas
Anna Lucasta - starring Lizabeth Scott
The Barretts of Wimpole Street - starring Susan Peters
The Bat - starring Zasu Pitts
Burlesque - starring Bert Lahr
Dressed to Kill - starring Chester Morris
Happy Birthday - starring Joan Blondell
Her Cardboard Lover - starring Tom Drake
Kiss and Tell - starring Peggy Ann Garner
Let Us Be Gay - starring Kay Francis
Light Up The Sky - starring Diana Barrymore
My Sister Eileen - starring Billy Gilbert
Petticoat Fever - starring Sonny Tufts
The Philadelphia Story - starring Sarah Churchill
Yes, My Darling Daughter - starring Ann Harding
= 1950
=Angel Street - starring Laraine Day and Ernest Cossart
Another Language - starring Martha Scott
Apple of His Eye - starring Edward Arnold
Born Yesterday - starring Shelley Winters
Candle-Light - starring Jean Parker
The Chocolate Soldier - starring Ernest McChesney
Finian's Rainbow - starring Jerry Wayne
For Love or Money - starring John Loder
Goodbye, My Fancy - starring Sylvia Sidney
Harvey - starring Bert Wheeler
Over 21 - starring Eve Arden
The Poor Nut - starring Lon McAllister
Post Road - starring Zasu Pitts
The Primrose Path - starring Ann Corio
The Spider - starring Victor Jory
Tobacco Road - starring John Carradine
= 1951
=Brigadoon - no featured performers
Candida - starring Olivia de Havilland
The Curtain Rises - starring Veronica Lake
Die Fledermaus - starring Ernest McChesney
Glad Tidings - starring Melvyn Douglas and Signe Hasso
Golden Boy - starring John Garfield
Mirror, Mirror - starring Kay Francis
Pal Joey - starring Carol Bruce and Bob Fosse
Personal Appearance - starring Georgia Sothern
Rain - starring Lawrence Tibbett
Separate Rooms - starring Barbara Britton
Skylark - starring Constance Bennett
Springtime for Henry - starring Edward Everett Horton
A Streetcar Named Desire - starring Richard Kiley
Tonight or Never - starring Ilona Massey
= 1952
=Anonymous Lover - starring Betty Garrett and Larry Parks
Charley's Aunt - starring Francis Ballard
Come Back, Little Sheba - starring Joan Blondell
Come On Up (Ring Twice) - starring Mae West
Gramercy Ghost - starring Angela Lansbury
The Happy Time - starring Denise Darcel
Kiss Me, Kate - starring Arthur Maxwell and Juliana Larson
The Little Foxes - starring Ruth Chatterton
Maid in the Ozarks - starring Gina and Burman Bodel
A Night at Madame Tussaud's - starring Peter Lorre and Miriam Hopkins
On Your Toes - starring Katharine Sergava, Bill Callahan and Yvonne Adair
Private Lives - starring Alexis Smith and Victor Jory
Remains to Be Seen - starring Veronica Lake and Jackie Cooper
The Second Man - starring Franchot Tone and Betsy von Furstenberg
Theatre - starring Kay Francis
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - starring Lanny Ross
White Cargo - starring Rose La Rose
= 1953
=Affairs of State - starring June Havoc
Anna Lucasta - starring Sherry Britton
Annie Get Your Gun - starring Sara Dillon
Bell, Book and Candle - starring Alexis Smith and Victor Jory
Call Me Madam - starring Patrice Wilkes and Jimmy Kirkwood
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - starring Rusti Salmon
I Am a Camera - starring Evelyn Keyes
Loco - starring Dagmar and Arthur Treacher
Mister Roberts - no featured performers
The Moon Is Blue - starring Jean Jory
The Postman Always Rings Twice - starring Barbara Payton and Tom Neal
The Respectful Prostitute - starring Amelia Corley
Sassy Little Lassie - starring Chaz Chase
= 1955
=The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - starring Chester Morris
Finian's Rainbow - starring Susan Reed
For Love or Money - starring Marie Wilson
Guys and Dolls - no featured performers
Member of the Wedding - starring Ethel Waters
The Moon Is Blue - starring Donald Woods
No Time For Comedy - starring Sarah Churchill
Picnic - starring Gloria Vanderbilt and Jack Warden
The Shanghai Gesture - starring Claire Luce
A Streetcar Named Desire - starring Diana Barrymore
Tobacco Road - starring Larry Barton
White Cargo - starring Julie Gibson
You Can't Take It With You - starring Charles Colburn
= 1957
=Annie Get Your Gun - starring Vaughan Monroe and Constance Moore
Anniversary Waltz - starring Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling
Brigadoon - starring Susanna Foster and Virginia De Luce
Bus Stop - starring Tempest Storm
Can-Can - starring Dolores Gray
Guys and Dolls - starring Maxie Rosenbloom
The Moon Is Blue - starring Donald Woods
Natural Urge - starring Dorothy Lamour and Robert Alda
Petticoat Fever - starring Red Buttons
The Primrose Path - starring Lillian Roth
Show Boat - no featured performers
South Pacific - starring Juanita Hall
A Streetcar Named Desire - starring Nina Foch
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? starring Marie Wilson
= 1958
=Anything Goes - starring Martha Raye and Keefe Brasselle
Can-Can - starring Genevieve
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - starring Diana Barrymore
Damn Yankees - starring Bert Wheeler
Fallen Angels - starring Hermione Gingold and Carol Bruce
House on the Rocks - starring Tallulah Bankhead
Kiss Me, Kate - starring Patricia Morison
The Moon Is Blue - starring Peggy King and Keefe Brasselle
No Time for Sergeants - starring James Holden
Show Boat - starring Allan Jones and Bert Wheeler
Tonight at 8.30 starring Faye Emerson
Wonderful Town - starring Kaye Ballard
= 1959
=Bells Are Ringing - starring Anne Jeffreys
Bitter Sweet - starring Jeanette MacDonald
Born Yesterday - starring Peggy Cass
Dream Play - starring Dorothy Collins
Guys and Dolls - starring Robert Horton
The King and I - starring Betty White
Li'l Abner - starring Stephen Douglass
Mister Roberts - starring Howard Keel
Once More, With Feeling - starring Dorothy Malone
The Pajama Game - starring Debra Paget
The Seven Year Itch - starring Dick Shawn
The Tunnel of Love - starring Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea
= 1960
=Annie Get Your Gun - starring Ginger Rogers
Anniversary Waltz - starring Hugh Downs
Auntie Mame - starring Gypsy Rose Lee
Can-Can - starring Genevieve
Carousel - starring Betty Johnson and Robert Goulet
John Loves Mary - starring James Garner
Kismet - starring Jose Duval
Meet Me in St. Louis - starring Jill Corey
The Merry Widow - starring Edie Adams
Redhead - starring Gordon and Sheila MacRae
Rose-Marie - starring Anna Maria Alberghetti
Silk Stockings - starring Genevieve
South Pacific - starring Jeanne Bal and Alan Gerrard
Susan and God - starring Joan Fontaine
= 1961
=Auntie Mame - starring Gypsy Rose Lee
Bells Are Ringing - starring Gordon and Sheila MacRae
Blithe Spirit - starring Zsa Zsa Gabor
Destry Rides Again - starring Hugh O' Brian
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - starring Betsy Palmer
The King and I - starring Patricia Morison
Naighty Marietta - starring Kathryn Grayson
Oklahoma! - starring John Raitt
Pal Joey - starring Andy Williams and Julie Wilson
Sextette - starring Mae West
A Streetcar Named Desire - starring Vivian Blaine and John Ericson
The Student Prince - starring Robert Rounseville
Take Me Along - starring Jack Carson and Betty White
Under the Yum Yum Tree - starring Hugh Downs
West Side Story - starring Carla Alberghetti
The World of Suzie Wong - starring Karl Fredericks
= 1962
=Brigadoon - starring Johnny Desmond
Bye Bye Birdie - starring Andy Williams, Selma Diamond and Carmen Alvarez
Carousel - starring John Raitt
Father of the Bride - starring Art Linkletter
Fiorello! - starring Bob Carroll
Flower Drum Song - starring Ramon Novarro and Juanita Hall
Girl Crazy - starring Mike Douglas
Gypsy - starring Betty Hutton
The Marriage-Go-Round - starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
The Merry Widow - starring Patrice Munsel
The Most Happy Fella - starring Jane Powell
The Music Man - starring Van Johnson
Oklahoma! - starring Robert Horton
Picnic - starring Robert Horton
Roman Candle - starring Arlene Dahl and Lee Patterson
Say, Darling - starring Orson Bean, Don Cornell and Gretchen Wyler
Wildcat - starring Martha Raye
= 1963
=Carnival! - starring Ann Blyth
Come Blow Your Horn - starring Merv Griffin and William Bendix
Fanny - starring Anna Maria Alberghetti
Irma La Douce - starring Genevieve
The Music Man - starring Van Johnson
My Three Angels - starring Gardner McKay
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! - starring Raymond Burr
Rain - starring Edie Adams
Show Boat - starring Howard Keel
Song of Norway - starring Patricia Morison
South Pacific - starring Dorothy Collins
Sunday in New York - starring Kathryn Crosby
The Tender Trap - starring Tab Hunter and Mary Ann Mobley
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - starring Phyllis McGuire and Peter Palmer
West Side Story - starring Bobby Rydell and Larry Kert
Wildcat - starring Martha Raye
The Wizard of Oz - starring Brenda Lee
= 1964
=Bachelor's Wife - starring Peggy Cass
Bus Stop - starring Jayne Mansfield
Camelot - starring Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
Can-Can - starring Denise Darcel and Stuart Damon
Critic's Choice - starring Allen Ludden and Betty White
Damn Yankees - starring Bert Parks
Guys and Dolls - starring Dan Dailey
Little Me - starring Phyllis McGuire and Mickey Deems
Love and Kisses - starring Hugh Downs
My Fair Lady - starring Ray Milland
The Sound of Music - starring Anita Bryant
Take Her, She's Mine - starring Durward Kirby
The Teahouse of the August Moon - starring Henry Morgan and Ty Hardin
A Thousand Clowns - starring Van Johnson
Tovarich - starring Jane Morgan and Tommy Kirk
= 1965
=Bell, Book and Candle - starring Allen Ludden and Betty White
Carousel - starring Carol Lawrence and Stephen Douglass
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - starring Dick Shawn
Gigi - starring George Hamilton
Kiss Me, Kate - starring Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
Lady in the Dark - starring Betsy Palmer
Mary, Mary - starring Craig Stevens and Alexis Smith
Mister Roberts - starring Robert Stack
The Music Man - starring Gig Young
Nature's Way - starring Jayne Mansfield
Never Too Late - starring Arthur Godfrey and Maureen O'Sullivan
The Pajama Game - starring Jack Jones
A Shot in the Dark - starring Eva Gabor and Carl Betz
The Solid Gold Cadillac - starring Ann Sothern
Wish You Were Here - starring James Darren and Morty Gunty
= 1966
=Any Wednesday - starring Connie Stevens
Bells Are Ringing - starring Edie Adams and Don Stewart
The Boy Friend - starring Juliet Prowse
Charley's Aunt - starring Louis Nye
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - starring Carroll Baker, Bob Carroll and Marcia Rodd
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - starring Jerry Van Dyke and Billy De Wolfe
Kismet - starring Gordon MacRae and Carla Alberghetti
Oklahoma! - starring Robert Horton
Oliver! - starring Walter Slezak
Private Lives - starring Richard Chamberlain
The Sound of Music - starring Shirley Jones
The Sound of Music - starring Florence Henderson
Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? - starring John Forsythe
The Women - starring Marge Champion, Dagmar, Elaine Stritch and Gloria Swanson
= 1967
=Barefoot in the Park - starring George Maharis, Virginia Graham and Jessica Walter
Bye Bye Birdie - starring Gene Barry and Totie Fields
Do I Hear a Waltz? - starring Anita Bryant
Finian's Rainbow - starring Barbara Eden
Funny Girl - starring Shari Lewis
Half a Sixpence - starring Noel Harrison
Luv - starring Mickey Rooney, Dom DeLuise and Joan Rivers
The Odd Couple - starring Gig Young and Robert Q. Lewis
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - starring Shirley Jones
The Philadelphia Story - starring Diana Barrymore
Sweet Charity - starring Janis Paige
West Side Story - starring Anna Maria Alberghetti
= 1968
=Call Me Madam - starring Ethel Merman
Can-Can - starring Joey Heatherton
The Fantasticks - starring John Gavin and Edward Everett Horton
Generation - starring Robert Cummings
Goodbye, Charlie - starring Martha Raye and Ron Harper
The Great Sebastian - starring Van Johnson and Sheila MacRae
Irma La Douce - starring Juliet Prowse
The King and I - starring Ann Blyth
The Man Who Came to Dinner - starring Jack Cassidy, Joan Caulfield and Joan Bennett
Pal Joey - starring Buddy Greco, Anne Jeffreys and Dagmar
The Student Prince - starring John Gary
Take Me Along - starring Arthur Godfrey and Vivian Blaine
Where's Charley? - starring Noel Harrison
= 1969
=Cactus Flower - starring Bob Crane and Abby Dalton
Camelot - starring John Raitt
Can-Can - starring Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse
Golden Rainbow - starring Gordon MacRae
Gypsy - starring Jo Anne Worley
The Happy Time - starring Allan Jones and George Chakiris
Hello, Dolly! - starring Betty Grable
How Now, Dow Jones - starring Tony Randall
I Do! I Do! - starring Carol Lawrence and Terence Monk
The Impossible Years - starring Paul Lynde
The King and I - starring Patrice Munsel
Mame - starring Patrice Munsel
My Fair Lady - starring Jane Powell
The Show-Off - starring Dick Shawn
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - starring Vikki Carr
Walking Happy - starring Noel Harrison
You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running - starring Arte Johnson and Chester Morris
= 1970
=Blossom Time - starring Sally Ann Howes
Cabaret - starring Joel Grey
Dames at Sea - starring Mamie Van Doren
Don't Drink the Water - starring Paul Lynde
High Button Shoes - starring Soupy Sales and Jane Russell
I Do! I Do! - starring Edie Adams and Jack Cassidy
Mame - starring Ann Miller
Man of La Mancha - starring Giorgio Tozzi and Marion Marlowe
The Marriage-Go-Round - starring Louis Jourdan and Vivian Blaine
My Daughter, Your Son - starring Vivian Vance, Dody Goodman, George S. Irving and Bill McCutcheon
Nobody Loves an Albatross - starring Gig Young
Plain and Fancy - starring Peter Marshall and Dody Goodman
Show Boat - starring Ann Blyth and Andy Devine
There's a Girl in My Soup - starring Bill Bixby and Lesley Gore
= 1971
=Anything Goes - starring Frankie Avalon and Joe Flynn
Catch Me If You Can - starring Bill Bixby and Frank Sutton
Fiddler on the Roof - starring Jan Peerce
Forty Carats - starring Zsa Zsa Gabor
George M! - starring Joel Grey
The Great Waltz - starring Sally Ann Howes
Hello Dolly! - starring Ann Miller
Man of La Mancha - starring Giorgio Tozzi
The Most Happy Fella - starring Howard Keel
Plaza Suite - starring Paul Lynde
The Pleasure of His Company - starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Send Me No Flowers - starring Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner
The Sound of Music - starring Barbara Eden
= 1972
=1776 - starring Joel Grey
Butterflies Are Free - starring Eileen Heckart and Keir Dullea
Can-Can - starring Ann Miller
Come Blow Your Horn - starring Bill Bixby
Everybody Loves Opal - starring Phyllis Diller
Good News - starring Alan Sues and the New Christy Minstrels
Last of the Red Hot Lovers - starring Dom DeLuise
Meet Me in St. Louis - starring Jane Powell
Milk and Honey - starring Gordon MacRae
The Moon Is Blue - starring Karen Valentine and Don Ameche
Music in the Air - starring Giorgio Tozzi, Marion Marlowe and Andy Devine
Oklahoma! - starring John Davidson
The Rainmaker - starring Burt Reynolds
This Was Burlesque - starring Ann Corio
= 1973
=Applause - starring Alexis Smith
Arsenic and Old Lace - starring William Shatner
Born Yesterday - starring Karen Valentine, Edward Asner and Lyle Waggoner
Guys and Dolls - starring David Birney and Meredith Baxter
How the Other Half Loves - starring George Maharis
The Music Man - starring John Davidson
My Daughter's Rated X - starring Paul Lynde
Once Upon a Mattress - starring Lucie Arnaz, Rudy Vallee and Kay Medford
The Pajama Game - starring Juliet Prowse
The Prisoner of Second Avenue - starring Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
Promises, Promises - starring Rich Little and David Doyle
South Pacific - starring Ann Blyth
= 1974
=6 Rms Riv Vu - starring Sally Field and Jerry Orbach
Annie Get Your Gun - starring Florence Henderson and Richard Fredricks
Finishing Touches - starring Robert Reed and Barbara Rush
Gigi - starring Lesley Ann Warren
The Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones Show - also starring Ronnie Schell
Kiss Me, Kate - starring Patrice Munsel and John Raitt
Luv - starring Dom DeLuise, Joyce Van Patten and Bill McCutcheon
Mother is Engaged - starring Paul Lynde
No, No, Nanette - starring Gale Gordon, Vicki Lawrence and Virginia Mayo
Oliver! - starring Vincent Price
Sunday in New York - starring Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Take Me Along - starring Gene Kelly
The Tunnel of Love - starring Martin Milner and Kent McCord
= 1975
=Bitter Sweet - starring Roberta Peters
The Boy Friend - starring Rhonda Fleming
Bus Stop - starring Karen Valentine and Rose Marie
The Cooch Dancer - starring Edie Adams, Victor Buono and Pete Candoli
An Evening with John Davidson
Mack and Mabel - starring Karen Morrow, Terence Monk and Tommy Tune
Marlene Dietrich in Concert
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - starring Shirley Jones
Peter Pan - starring Sandy Duncan and Christopher Hewett
Private Lives - starring Dyan Cannon and Keir Dullea
She Loves Me - starring Jack Jones and Noel Harrison
Stop, Thief, Stop! - starring Paul Lynde and Alice Ghostley
Sugar - starring Mickey Rooney and Ken Berry
Under the Yum Yum Tree - starring McLean Stevenson
= 1976
=Accent on Youth - starring Ricardo Montalban
Damn Yankees - starring Vincent Price
An Evening with Dom DeLuise
Funny Girl - starring Carol Lawrence
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - starring Sonny Bono
George Washington Slept Here - starring James Coco and Dody Goodman
Irene - starring Jane Powell and Patsy Kelly
A Little Night Music - starring Eva Gabor, Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
The Mitzi Gaynor Show
Norman, Is That You? - starring Harvey Korman
Panama Hattie - starring Ann Miller
Room Service - starring Henry Winkler and Didi Conn
Shenandoah - starring Ed Ames
The Student Prince - starring Allan Jones and Rip Taylor
= 1977
=Anything Goes - starring Ann Miller and Bobby Van
Camelot - starring Rock Hudson
Fiddler on the Roof - starring Ed Ames
Godspell - starring The Hudson Brothers
Grease - starring Roz Kelly and Barry Williams
Heaven Can Wait - starring Peter Strauss
Kismet - starring Hal Linden and Dolores Gray
Li'l Abner - starring Lucie Arnaz and Dirk Benedict
Make A Million - starring McLean Stevenson
The Merry Widow - starring Barbara Meister
Never Too Late - starring Tom Bosley and Nanette Fabray
Seesaw - starring Lucie Arnaz and Terence Monk
Sweet Charity - starring Carol Lawrence
Wonderful Town - starring Cloris Leachman
= 1978
=California Suite - starring Brenda Vaccaro and James Farentino
Chicago - starring Allen Ludden and Sue Ane Langdon
Count Dracula - starring John Gavin and Victor Buono
The Impossible Years - starring Paul Lynde
The King and I - starring Roberta Peters and James Shigeta
The Magic Show - no featured performers
Mame - starring Kitty Carlisle and Don Ameche
Man of La Mancha - starring John Raitt
Painy Your Wagon - starring Gordon MacRae
Pippin - starring Barry Williams, Maxene Andrews and Tommy Tune
Show Boat - starring Mickey Rooney
= 1979
=Ballroom - starring Audra Lindley
Blossom Time - starring Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones
Bubbling Brown Sugar - starring Cab Calloway
Don't Drink the Water - starring Paul Lynde
Hello, Dolly! - starring Betty White and Bill McCutcheon
I Love My Wife - starring the Smothers Brothers
The Mitzi Gaynor Show
Oklahoma! - starring Dirk Benedict
Picnic - starring Donna Mills and Joe Namath
Same Time, Next Year - starring Katherine Helmond and Robert Mandan
Shenandoah - starring Ed Ames
Walking Happy - starring Tommy Tune, Elizabeth Allen and Jesse White
= 1980
=4 Girls 4 - starring Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell, Rose Marie and Margaret Whiting
Brigadoon - starring John Gabriel and Alan Sues
Chapter Two - starring Joyce DeWitt and Tab Hunter
Deathtrap - starring Robert Reed and Imogene Coca
Grease - starring Gary Sandy and Barry Williams
The Mitzi Gaynor Show
My Fair Lady - starring Pam Dawber
Side by Side by Sondheim - starring Leslie Uggams, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Dorothy Lamour
The Sound of Music - starring Carol Lawrence
South Pacific - starring Ed Ames
The Wiz - no featured performers
= 1981
=4 Girls 4 - starring Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell, Rose Marie and Margaret Whiting
Ain't Misbehavin' - starring The 5th Dimension
Barefoot in the Park - starring Robert Urich
Bye Bye Birdie - starring Bert Convy
Cabaret - starring Billy Crystal
Camelot - starring Ed Ames
George M! - starring Ken Berry
The Greenwich Village Scandals of 1923 - starring Cyd Charisse and Imogene Coca
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - starring Fred Grandy and Don Ameche
The Music Man - starring Dick Gautier
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - starring Debby Boone
= 1982
=The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - starring Dottie West
Gigi - starring Patricia Morison
Meet Me in St Louis - starring Cathy Rigby
Four New Girls - starring Rosemary Clooney, Rose Marie, Helen O'Connell and Martha Raye
Oliver! - starring Rip Taylor
The Pirates of Penzance - starring Karla DeVito
They're Playing Our Song - starring Susan Anton
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - starring Connie Stevens
Wally's Cafe - starring Tim Conway
West Side Story starring Barry Williams
= 1983
=Annie - starring Martha Raye
Artist and Models and Madness - starring Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
Barnum - starring Gary Sandy
Catch Me If You Can - starring Wayne Rogers and Elaine Joyce
Fiddler on the Roof - starring William Conrad
Goodbye, Charlie - starring Morgan Fairchild and James Farentino
High Button Shoes - starring Gavin MacLeod
No, No, Nanette - starring Van Johnson and Gloria DeHaven
Pal Joey - starring Joel Grey and Alexis Smith
Promises, Promises - starring John James
= 1984
=Baby - starring Edie Adams
Funny Girl - starring Juliet Prowse
Grease - starring Christopher Atkins
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - starring David Cassidy
Little Shop of Horrors - National Tour
Mack and Mabel - starring Lee Horsley
Man of La Mancha - starring Ed Ames
The Mitzi Gaynor Show
Oklahoma! - starring John Davidson
Once Upon a Mattress - starring Andrea Martin
Whoopee! - starring Jay Johnson and Karen Morrow
Woman of the Year - starring Carol Lawrence
= 1986
=Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? - starring Robby Benson and Karla DeVito
Evita - starring Robby Benson and Karla DeVito
Go Ahead and Laugh - starring Mickey Rooney
Jesus Christ Superstar - starring Brent Barrett
A Little Night Music - starring Mariette Hartley
Nite Club Confidential - starring Vivian Blaine
Nunsense - no featured performers
The Pia Zadora Show
Shenandoah - starring Ed Ames
= 1987
=Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? - starring Robby Benson and Karla DeVito
I Love My Wife - starring Barry Williams
Nunsense - no featured performers
= 1995
=The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - starring Barbara Eden
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - starring Loni Anderson
Man of La Mancha - starring David Canary
The Man Who Came to Dinner - starring Tony Randall and Valerie Perrine
The Mitzi Gaynor Show
South Pacific - starring Robert Goulet
The Student Prince - starring Jerome Hines
References
External links
List of Kenley Players Headliners
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kenley Players
- John Kenley
- Sally Ann Howes
- Marion's Piazza
- Sue Ane Langdon
- Alan Sues
- Jessica Walter
- Donna Mills
- Kenley Jansen
- Summer stock theater
