Each year, the Music Circus' Public Relations Office would produce a "Season Souvenir Program" at the beginning of the season, listing the upcoming shows, photos of the lead actors, and photos from previous year's productions .
"Blossom Time"
June 7 thru June 15, 1952
Starring
Robert Feyti (Franz Shubert)
Lois Hunt (Mitzi Kranz)
Jim Hawthorne (Baron Franz Schober)
With
Eleanor Lutton (Bellabruna)
Jographia Peppas (Fritzi Kranz)
Jim Hawthorne (Baron Franz Shober)
Ann Cardall (Kitzi Kranz)
Ruth White (Mrs. Coburg)
Playbill for 1952 "Blossom Time" Read a synopsis of "Blossom Time"
"The Firefly"
June 17 thru June 22, 1952
Starring
Elaine Malbin
With
Robert Feyti
Edward Chappel
Rowan Tudor
Joan Holloway
Leonard Elliott
Charles Julian
Ruth Gillette
Patricia Ruhl
"Carousel"
July 1 thru July 13, 1952
Starring
Gloria Hamilton (Julie Jordan)
Stephen Douglass (Billy Bigelow)
Dorothea MacFarland (Carrie Pipperidge)
Donald Clarke (Enoch Snow)
With
Ruth White (Mrs. Mullen)
George McBryde (Jigger Craigin)
Joe Hill (Star Keeper)
Rowan Tudor (David Bascombe)
"Girl Crazy"
July 15 thru July 20, 1952
Starring
Don Saxon (Slick Fothergill)
Tim Herbert (Crunch West)
Bibi Osterwald (Kate Fothergill)
With
Joy Hodges (Molly)
Playbill for 1952 "Girl Crazy" Read a synopsis of "Girl Crazy"
"Kiss Me, Kate"
August 12 thru August 24, 1952
Staring
Ted Scott (Petruchio and Fred Graham)
"Miss Liberty"
August 26 thru August 30, 1952(Were the scheduled dates for "Miss Liberty" and "Allegro" switched? We don't know.)
"Miss Liberty" was originally scheduled to play September 16 thru September 21, 1952 according to the Playbills for shows earlier this season. However, a flyer, distributed late in the season, advertising the last two weeks of the season has "Allegro" scheduled to play September 16 thru September 21, 1952. (See "Allegro" below)
Read a synopsis of "Miss Liberty"
"Where's Charley?"
September 2 thru September 14, 1952
With
Fred Harper
"Allegro"
September 16 thru September 21, 1952(Were the scheduled dates for "Miss Liberty" and "Allegro" switched? We don't know.)
Starring
Roberta Jonay (Jennie Brinker)
James Jewell (Joe Taylor, Jr.)
With
Eleanor Lutton (Marjorie Taylor)
Robert Shafer (Dr. Joe Taylor)
Muriel O'Malley (Grandma Taylor)
Kaye Connor (Emily)
"Miss Liberty" was originally scheduled to play September 16 thru September 21, 1952 according to the Playbills for shows earlier this season. However, a flyer, distributed late in the season, advertising the last two weeks of the season has "Allegro" scheduled to play September 16 thru September 21, 1952.
Read a synopsis of "Allegro"
"José Greco and his Troupe of Spanish Dancers"
September 7 thru September 30, 1952
Starring
José Greco
With
Nila Amparo
Lola de Ronda
Juanele Maya
Luis Olivares
Salome de Cordoba
Garcia del Sacromonte
José Greco and his Spanish Troupe, which scored a sensational success on Broadway in the 1951 season, was the eleventh and final production of the 1952 Music Circus season which began on June 7. For their Music Circus and arena theatre debut Greco presented two American premieres on his program of fifteen dancing and singing numbers: BULERIAS in the first act and the RINCON FLAMENCO in act two. Roger Machado, the eminent composer, was the featured pianist.
Playbill for 1952 "José Greco and his Troupe of Spanish Dancers" Read about José Greco
1952 Resident Company - Production Staff
Director
Choreographer
Musical Director
Decoreographer
Decoreographer
- General Manager, Arthur Gerold
- Press Representative, Max Eisen
- National Press Representative, Bill Doll
- Stage Manager, Joe Hill
- Office Manager, Tom N. Billings
- Production Assistant, Michael Cox
- Assistant Conductor, Irving Schlein
- Costumer, Louise Evans
- Asst. Set Designer/Set Designer, James Hamilton
- Assistant Decoreographer, Frank Grof
- Head Electrician, Ray Britton
- Personnel Mgr. of Orch. Percy Ryder
- Treasurer, Harry V. Mulhern
- Asst. Treasurers, Joan and Anita Wells, Lamar Clark
- General Secretary, Harriet Reading
- Theatre Party Rep, Betty Borth
- Industrial Party Rep., George S. Talmage
- Superintendent of Services., Louis Marini
- Assistant to the Producer, Frank Graf
- Properties, Pat Fuson, Alice Gardner
1952 Resident Company - Singers
1952 Resident Company - Dancers
Madeleine Artieres comes from a musical family. Her father plays the viola with the Boston Symphany Orchestra. She received her dance training at the School of American Ballet in New York and makes her professional debut dancing at the Music Circus in 1950. She went on to dance with the Metropolitan Opera. She married Music Circus set designer Jim Hamilton and they raised a family in nearby Bucks County, PA.
Please note that during the season, some Resident Company members may have left and new ones hired. Not all the members listed above were employed for the entire season.