Other works

(1925 - 1954) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1925) Stage Play: The Sapphire Ring. Written by László Lakatos. Book adapted by Isabel Leighton. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Selwyn Theatre: 15 Apr 1925- Apr 1925 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Frank Conroy (as "Karoly"), Mildred Florence (as "Elsa"), Helen Gahagan (as "Krista"), Libby Holman [credited as Elizabeth Holman] (as "Mari") [Broadway debut], Kenneth MacKenna (as "Dr. Erno Nemeth"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Garzo"), Milano Tilden (as "Jossef"). Produced by George Choos.

(1925) Stage Play: Garrick Gaieties. Musical revue. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Musical Staging by Herbert Fields. Directed by Philip Loeb. Garrick Theatre: 8 Jun 1925- 28 Nov 1926 (211 performances). Cast: Sally Bates, Alvah Bessie, Romney Brent, Dorothea Chard, June Cochrane, Harold Conklin, Peggy Conway, Henry Geiger, Hildegarde Halliday, Carolyn Hancock, Edward Hogan, Sterling Holloway, Libby Holman, Frances Hyde, Felix Jacoves, House Jameson, Paul Jones, Starr West Jones, Stanley Lindahl, Philip Loeb, Mary Marsh, John McGovern, Edith Meiser, Sanford Meisner, James Norris, Jack Quigley, Louis Richardson, Rose Rolanda, Eleanor Shaler, Betty Starbuck, Lee Strasberg, Willard Tobias, Barbara Wilson. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

(1927) Stage Play: Merry-Go-Round. Musical comedy. Music by Henry Souvaine and Jay Gorney. Directed by Alan Dinehart [credited as Allan Dinehart]. Klaw Theatre (moved to The Sam H. Harris Theatre from 12 Sep 1927- close): 31 May 1927- Sep 1927 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Don Barclay, Evelyn Bennett, Joyce Booth, Marie Cahill, William Collier, Maryon Dale, Blanche Fleming, Etienne Girardot, Daniel Higgins, Libby Holman, James Jolly, William Leibling, Arthur Lipson, Philip Loeb, Louise Richardson, Leonard Sillman, Mary Stills, Doris Vinton, Clifford Walker, Rose Wenzel, Al Wilde, Renee Wilde, Woodey Lee Wilson, Devah Worrell. Produced by Richard Herndon.

(1928) Stage Play: Rainbow. Musical romance. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II from his material. Dances staged by Busby Berkeley. Gallo Theatre: 28 Nov 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (29 performances). Cast: Libby Holman, Rupert Lucas, Ned McGurn, Charles Ruggles, Brian Donlevy, Leo Nash, Valla Valentinova, Chester Bree, Frank King, Ralph Walker, Kitty Coleman, Charles Ralph, Sadie Black, May Barnes. Produced by Philip Goodman.

(1929) Stage Play: Ned Wayburn's Gambols. Musical revue. Music by Walter G. Samuels. Lyrics by Morrie Ryskind. Music by Walter G. Samuels. Additional melodies by Arthur Schwartz and Lew Kesler. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Knickerbocker Theatre: 15 Jan 1929- Feb 1929 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Virginia Alexander, Grace Bowman, Butler & Parker, John Byam, Frances Cole, Charles Elbey, Roger Gray, Eileen Healy, Lew Hearn, William Holbrook, John Byam, Helen Koster, Priscilla Gurney, Fuzzy Knight, Olive McClure, Patricia McGrath, Ann Pritchard, Jack Randall, Shirley Richards. Produced by Ned Wayburn.

(1929) Stage Play: The Little Show. Musical revue. Songs primarily by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Sketches by George S. Kaufman, Fred Allen, Newman Levy, Marya Mannes, Earle Crooker, Paul James, Kay Swift and Grace Henry. Choreographed by Daniel Dare. Orchestra directed by: Jacques Rabiroff. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Dwight Wiman. Music Box Theatre: 30 Apr 1929- Feb 1930 (closing date unknown/321 performances). Cast: Fred Allen, Clifton Webb, Bettina Hall, Erik Rhodes, Constance Cummings, Portland Hoffa with duo-piano accompaniment by Adam Carroll and Ralph Rainger. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with Tom Weatherly. Libby sang "Moanin' Low." This production was a major hit of the 1929 Broadway season, propelling Webb and Holman into top-ranked Broadway stardom.

(1930) Stage Play: Three's a Crowd. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Material and lyrics by Howard Dietz. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Direction/Lighting Design by Hassard Short. With sketches by Groucho Marx, Fred Allen, William B. Miles, Laurence Schwab, Corey Ford, Arthur Sheekman and Hazel Flynn. Selwyn Theatre: 15 Oct 1930- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/272 performances). Cast: Fred Allen, Joan Clement, Marybeth Conoly, Wally Coyle, Rene Du Plessis, Tamara Geva, Portland Hoffa, Libby Holman, Alan Jones, Parcy Launders, Margaret Lee, Fred MacMurray (as one of 'The California Collegians"), Harold Moffet, Herb Montei, Earl Oxford, Amy Revere, Clifton Webb, Lou Wood. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Show was one of the biggest hits of the dismal 1930-31 season, closing after 272 performances in June, 1931. Historically significant as introducing balcony spotlighting instead of footlights, a technique soon adopted universally on Broadway. Holman sang her signature song, "Body and Soul" while Webb danced.

(1934) Stage Play: Revenge with Music. Musical comedy. Material and lyrics by Howard Dietz. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a variation on the old Spanish folk tale "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro A. de Alarcon. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Dance ensembles by Mikhail Mordkin. Directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky. New Amsterdam Theater: 28 Nov 1934- 27 Apr 1935 (158 performances). Cast: Libby Holman (as "Mariah"), Georges Metaxa, Charles Winninger (as "Don Emilio"), Joseph Macaulay, Helen Arden, Walter Armin, Beatrice Berens, Gertrude Berggren, Marcus Blechman, Geraldine Bork, Andre Charise, Ilka Chase, Natalia Danesi, Margaret Daum, Frank Davenport, Marguerite De Anguera, Nunez de Polanco, Bertha Donn (as "Juanita, Dona Isabella's Maid"), Tamara Doriva, John Dunbar, William Elliott, Frances Farnsworth, Raoul Fernandez, David Friedkin, Ernestine Henoch, Hernandez Brothers, Eleanor King, George Kirk, Ada Korvin, Marion Lawrence, Margaret Lee, Tom Long, Earle MacVeigh, Gene Martel, Paul Mathis, Rex O'Malley, Rosita Ortega, Harry Pick, Detmar Poppen, Frances Reid, Hyla Roberts, Charles Scanlon, Ivy Scott, Sidney Stark, George Thornton, Rowan Tudor, Omero Valencia, Bianca Volland, Eleanor Waldon, Herman Weiner, Cliff Whitcombe, Jay Wilson, Molly Wood, Paula Yasgour. Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin. Note: Holman sang "You and the Night and Music."

(1938) Stage Play: You Never Know. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Rowland Leigh. Based on the play "By Candlelight" by Siegfried Geyer. Adapted from the Viennese operetta "Bei Kerzenleicht" by Robert Katscher and Karl Farkas. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Additional orchestrations by Don Walker, Maurice De Packh and Minati Salta. Additional lyrics by Rowland Leigh, Edwin Gilbert and Robert Katscher. Additional music by Alexander Fogarty and Dana Suesse. Musical Director: John McManus. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Uncredited script doctoring by George Abbott. Directed by Rowland Leigh. Winter Garden: 21 Sep 1938- 26 Nov 1938 (78 performances). Cast: Libby Holman, Rex O'Malley, Lupe Velez and Toby Wing. Replacement actor: June Havoc [replaced Toby Wing]. Note: Despite the seemingly sure-fire talent involved, the show was poorly reviewed and proved a test of wills between Holman (then a close personal friend of Webb) and Velez, who despised each other. Webb flatly refused to consider touring with the production after it closed on Broadway. Also notable as the play Cole Porter was working on when he suffered a severe leg injury (ultimately requiring amputation after numerous operations) while riding horseback.

(1942) Stage Play: Mexican Mural. Opened at the Chanin Auditorium on April 27th. Written by Ramon Naya. Directed by Robert Lewis. Starred Montgomery Clift, Libby Holman (as "Peasant Woman"), Kevin McCarthy, Wallace House, Priscilla Newton, Perry Wilson.

(1946) Stage Play: Beggar's Holiday. A contemporary version of "Beggar's Opera". Co-directed by John Houseman (who departed prior to its Broadway debut) and (initially) Nicholas Ray. Music by Duke Ellington. Starred 'Alfred Drake (I)' (as "Mack the Knife"), Zero Mostel (Broadway debut, as Mr. Peachum). Note: Holman initially performed as Jenny Diver in critically panned pre-Broadway road show run. She was fired by script doctor George Abbott prior to its Dec. 26, 1946 Broadway debut. Play flopped after 14 weeks.

(1954) Stage Play: Blues, Ballads, and Sin Songs. Concert/Special production. Bijou Theatre: 4 Oct 1954- 16 Oct 1954 (12 performances). A one-woman show (by Libby Holman). Piano accompaniment by Gerald Cook. Show toured in U.S. and Europe. Produced by Libby Holman [final Broadway credit].

The 1996 play "Murder" by Sky Gilbert, with songs by Chet Baker, is the story of the Holman / Reynolds lesbian love triangle and murder told in flashbacks.

(1954) She performed in her play, "Libby Holman Singing the Blues and Ballads," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Gerald Cook in the cast.

(July 1, 1935) She acted in Samson Raphaelson's play, "Accent on Youth," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.

(July 22, 1935) She acted in Eden Phillpotts' play, "The Farmer's Wife," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Mitzi Green in the cast.

(August 26, 1935) She acted in Maxwell Anderson's play, "Gypsy," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.

(July 3, 1940) She acted in George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins' play, "Burlesque," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Clifton Webb in the cast.