{{short description|Equity summer stock theatre company}} The '''Kenley Players''' was an [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] [[summer stock theatre]] company which presented hundreds of productions<ref name="nytobit">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/theater/31kenley.html | title=John Kenley, Who Took Big Stars to Small-Town Stages, Dies at 103 | work=[[New York Times]] | date=October 30, 2009 | accessdate=January 11, 2016 | author=Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher}}</ref> featuring [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], film, and television stars<ref name="colmonth1507">{{cite web | url=http://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2015/07/those-summer-nights.html | title=Those Summer Nights: The Rollicking Good Times of the Kenley Players | work=[[Columbus Monthly]] | date=July 2015 | accessdate=January 11, 2016 | author=Tonguette, Peter}}</ref> in Midwestern cities between 1940 and 1995. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it the "largest network of theaters on the straw hat circuit."<ref name="varietyobit">{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2009/legit/markets-festivals/producer-john-kenley-dies-at-103-1118010715/ | title=Producer John Kenley dies at 103 | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=November 1, 2009 | accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> Founded by and operated for its entire lifespan by [[John Kenley]], it is credited with laying the groundwork for Broadway touring companies.<ref name=colmonth1507 />
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.<ref name="cutlerobit" /> In its heyday, Kenley Players productions drew crowds of 5,000 in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], Flint, Michigan, and Warren, Ohio.<ref name="nytobit" /> Kenley "pioneered the notion of putting TV stars in summer stock."<ref name="pdobit">{{cite web | url=http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/10/legendary_ohio_impresario_john.html | title=John Kenley, legendary Ohio impresario, dead at 103: Obituary | work=[[Plain Dealer]] | date=October 30, 2009 | accessdate=January 11, 2016 | author=Brown, Tony}}</ref> 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."<ref name="backstage obit" />
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]].<ref name="pdobit" /><ref name="headliners">{{cite web | url=http://www.kenleyplayershistory.com/headliners.htm | title=Headliners for the Kenley Players | work=KenleyPlayersHistory.com | accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> Those who appeared in more than five productions included [[Edie Adams]], [[Ed Ames]], [[Vivian Blaine]], [[Mitzi Gaynor]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Genevieve (actress)|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 (actor)|Barry Williams]], and [[Earl Wrightson]].<ref name="kenleymostappearances">{{cite web | url=http://www.kenleyplayershistory.com/most.html | title=Most Appearances by a Headliner | work=KenleyPlayersHistory.com | accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> In 1972, 1973, and 1975, [[Karen Valentine]] appeared in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |title=096V157 Karen Valentine portrait |url=https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/6277/rec/5 |website=Columbus in Historic Photographs |publisher=[[Columbus Metropolitan Library]] |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en |quote=Karen Valentine appeared in Columbus in "The Moon is Blue" on 6/27/1972, "Born Yesterday" on 6/23/1973 and "Bus Stop" on 6/24/1975.}}</ref> In 1978, [[Sue Ane Langdon]] appeared in ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref name="columbuslibrary-096C2891">{{cite web |title=096C2891 Sue Ane Langdon portrait |url=https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/964/ |website=Columbus in Historic Photographs |publisher=[[Columbus Metropolitan Library]] |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en |quote=Actress Sue Ane Langdon (3/8/1936- ), appeared in Columbus in the Kenley Players production of Chicago in 1978.}}</ref>
''[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]'' called the Kenley Players "a legendary summer stock circuit."<ref name="backstage obit">{{cite web | url=http://www.backstage.com/news/summer-theater-producer-john-kenley-dies-at-103/ | title=Summer Theater Producer John Kenley Dies at 103 | work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] | date=October 30, 2009 | accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Playbill]]'' called it "for decades, a renowned midwestern summer stock outfit."<ref name="cutlerobit">{{cite web | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/leslie-b.-cutler-mainstay-director-for-kenley-players-dies-at-93-206213 | title=Leslie B. Cutler, Mainstay Director for Kenley Players, Dies at 93 | work=[[Playbill]] | date=June 5, 2013 | accessdate=January 11, 2016 | author=Simonson, Robert|authorlink1=Robert Simonson}}</ref> 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 (play)|No More Ladies]]'' - starring [[Lila Lee]] and [[Pert Kelton]] *''[[On the Spot (play)|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 (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' - starring [[Bela Lugosi]] *''Biography'' - starring [[Barbara Jo Allen|Vera Vague]] *''Caprice'' - starring [[Ruth Chatterton]] *''[[Dream Girl (play)|Dream Play]]'' - starring [[Jean Parker]] *''A Goose for the Gander'' - starring [[Gloria Swanson]] *''[[Kiss and Tell (play)|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 (play)|The Petrified Forest]]'' - starring [[Conrad Nagel]] *''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]'' - starring [[Diana Barrymore]] *''Sailor Beware'' - starring [[Ann Corio]] *''A Slight Case of Murder'' - starring [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]] *''Springtime for Henry'' - starring [[Edward Everett Horton]] *''Three's A Family'' - no featured performers *''[[Tobacco Road (play)|Tobacco Road]]'' - no featured performers
=== 1948 === *''Fatal Weakness'' - starring [[Glenda Farrell]] *''Free Hand'' - starring [[Larry Parks]] *''[[Good News (musical)|Good News]]'' - starring Dean Havers (first musical) *''John Loves Mary'' - starring [[Guy Madison]] *''[[Kind Lady (play)|Kind Lady]]'' - starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] *''[[Kiss and Tell (play)|Kiss and Tell]]'' - starring [[James Dobson (actor)|James Dobson]] *''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (play)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]'' - starring [[Kay Francis]] *''Laura'' - starring [[Signe Hasso]] *''Made in Heaven'' - starring [[Richard Arlen]] *''[[Strictly Dishonorable (play)|Strictly Dishonorable]]'' - starring [[Edmund Lowe]] *''[[And Then There Were None (play)|Ten Little Indians]]'' - starring [[Beverly Roberts]] and [[Beverly Bayne]] *''[[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]]'' - starring [[Mischa Auer]] and [[Haila Stoddard]] *''[[The Voice of the Turtle (play)|The Voice of the Turtle]]'' - starring [[Virginia Gilmore]] *''Years Ago'' - starring [[Nancy Carroll (American actress)|Nancy Carroll]]
=== 1949 === *''[[Accent on Youth (play)|Accent on Youth]]'' - starring [[Paul Lukas]] *''[[Anna Lucasta (play)|Anna Lucasta]]'' - starring [[Lizabeth Scott]] *''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]'' - starring [[Susan Peters]] *''[[The Bat (play)|The Bat]]'' - starring [[Zasu Pitts]] *''Burlesque'' - starring [[Bert Lahr]] *''Dressed to Kill'' - starring [[Chester Morris]] *''[[Happy Birthday (play)|Happy Birthday]]'' - starring [[Joan Blondell]] *''Her Cardboard Lover'' - starring [[Tom Drake]] *''[[Kiss and Tell (play)|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 (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]'' - starring [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] *''Yes, My Darling Daughter'' - starring [[Ann Harding]]
=== 1950 === *''[[Gas Light|Angel Street]]'' - starring [[Laraine Day]] and [[Ernest Cossart]] *''Another Language'' - starring [[Martha Scott]] *''Apple of His Eye'' - starring [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] *''[[Born Yesterday (play)|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 (actor)|John Loder]] *''[[Goodbye, My Fancy]]'' - starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] *''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' - starring [[Bert Wheeler]] *''[[Over 21 (play)|Over 21]]'' - starring [[Eve Arden]] *''The Poor Nut'' - starring [[Lon McAllister]] *''[[Post Road (play)|Post Road]]'' - starring [[Zasu Pitts]] *''The Primrose Path'' - starring [[Ann Corio]] *''The Spider'' - starring [[Victor Jory]] *''[[Tobacco Road (play)|Tobacco Road]]'' - starring [[John Carradine]]
=== 1951 === *''[[Brigadoon]]'' - no featured performers *''[[Candida (play)|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 (play)|Golden Boy]]'' - starring [[John Garfield]] *''Mirror, Mirror'' - starring [[Kay Francis]] *''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]] '' - starring [[Carol Bruce]] and [[Bob Fosse]] *''[[Personal Appearance (play)|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 (play)|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 (play)|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 (musical)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' - starring [[Lanny Ross]] *''White Cargo'' - starring Rose La Rose
=== 1953 === *''[[Affairs of State]]'' - starring [[June Havoc]] *''[[Anna Lucasta (play)|Anna Lucasta]]'' - starring [[Sherry Britton]] *''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' - starring Sara Dillon *''[[Bell, Book and Candle (play)|Bell, Book and Candle]]'' - starring [[Alexis Smith]] and [[Victor Jory]] *''[[Call Me Madam]]'' - starring Patrice Wilkes and [[James Kirkwood Jr.|Jimmy Kirkwood]] *''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' - starring Rusti Salmon *''[[I Am a Camera]]'' - starring [[Evelyn Keyes]] *''Loco'' - starring [[Dagmar (actress)|Dagmar]] and [[Arthur Treacher]] *''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' - no featured performers *''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' - starring Jean Jory *''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (play)|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 (play)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' - starring [[Chester Morris]] *''[[Finian's Rainbow]]'' - starring [[Susan Reed (singer)|Susan Reed]] *''For Love or Money'' - starring [[Marie Wilson (American actress)|Marie Wilson]] *''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' - no featured performers *''Member of the Wedding'' - starring [[Ethel Waters]] *''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' - starring [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]] *''No Time For Comedy'' - starring [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] *''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' - starring [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] and [[Jack Warden]] *''The Shanghai Gesture'' - starring [[Claire Luce]] *''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' - starring [[Diana Barrymore]] *''[[Tobacco Road (play)|Tobacco Road]]'' - starring [[Larry Barton]] *''White Cargo'' - starring [[Julie Gibson]] *''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It With You]]'' - starring Charles Colburn
=== 1957 === *''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' - starring [[Vaughan Monroe]] and [[Constance Moore]] *''[[Anniversary Waltz (play)|Anniversary Waltz]]'' - starring [[Anne Jeffreys]] and [[Robert Sterling]] *''[[Brigadoon]]'' - starring [[Susanna Foster]] and Virginia De Luce *''[[Bus Stop (play)|Bus Stop]]'' - starring [[Tempest Storm]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Dolores Gray]] *''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' - starring [[Maxie Rosenbloom]] *''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' - starring [[Donald Woods (actor)|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 (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Juanita Hall]] *''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' - starring [[Nina Foch]] *''[[Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (play)|Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?]]'' starring [[Marie Wilson (American actress)|Marie Wilson]]
=== 1958 === *''[[Anything Goes]]'' - starring [[Martha Raye]] and [[Keefe Brasselle]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Genevieve (actress)|Genevieve]] *''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' - starring [[Diana Barrymore]] *''[[Damn Yankees]]'' - starring [[Bert Wheeler]] *''[[Fallen Angels (play)|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 (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[Bert Wheeler]] *''[[Tonight at 8.30]]'' starring [[Faye Emerson]] *''[[Wonderful Town]]'' - starring [[Kaye Ballard]]
=== 1959 === *''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells Are Ringing]]'' - starring [[Anne Jeffreys]] *''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]'' - starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]] *''[[Born Yesterday (play)|Born Yesterday]]'' - starring [[Peggy Cass]] *''[[Dream Girl (play)|Dream Play]]'' - starring [[Dorothy Collins]] *''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' - starring [[Robert Horton (actor)|Robert Horton]] *''[[The King and I]]'' - starring [[Betty White]] *''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]'' - starring [[Stephen Douglass]] *''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' - starring [[Howard Keel]] *''Once More, With Feeling'' - starring [[Dorothy Malone]] *''[[The Pajama Game]]'' - starring [[Debra Paget]] *''[[The Seven Year Itch (play)|The Seven Year Itch]]'' - starring [[Dick Shawn]] *''[[The Tunnel of Love (play)|The Tunnel of Love]]'' - starring [[Virginia Mayo]] and [[Michael O'Shea (actor)|Michael O'Shea]]
=== 1960 === *''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' - starring [[Ginger Rogers]] *''[[Anniversary Waltz (play)|Anniversary Waltz]]'' - starring [[Hugh Downs]] *''[[Auntie Mame]]'' - starring [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Genevieve (actress)|Genevieve]] *''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' - starring [[Betty Johnson]] and [[Robert Goulet]] *''John Loves Mary'' - starring [[James Garner]] *''[[Kismet (musical)|Kismet]]'' - starring Jose Duval *''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' - starring [[Jill Corey]] *''[[The Merry Widow]]'' - starring [[Edie Adams]] *''[[Redhead (musical)|Redhead]]'' - starring [[Gordon MacRae|Gordon]] and [[Sheila MacRae]] *''[[Rose-Marie]]'' - starring [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]] *''[[Silk Stockings]]'' - starring [[Genevieve (actress)|Genevieve]] *''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Jeanne Bal]] and Alan Gerrard *''Susan and God'' - starring [[Joan Fontaine]]
=== 1961 === *''[[Auntie Mame]]'' - starring [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] *''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells Are Ringing]]'' - starring [[Gordon MacRae|Gordon]] and [[Sheila MacRae]] *''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' - starring [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] *''[[Destry Rides Again (musical)|Destry Rides Again]]'' - starring [[Hugh O' Brian]] *''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' - starring [[Betsy Palmer]] *''[[The King and I]]'' - starring [[Patricia Morison]] *''[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naighty Marietta]]'' - starring [[Kathryn Grayson]] *''[[Oklahoma!]]'' - starring [[John Raitt]] *''[[Pal Joey (musical)|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 (play)|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 (musical)|Carousel]]'' - starring [[John Raitt]] *''Father of the Bride'' - starring [[Art Linkletter]] *''[[Fiorello!]]'' - starring [[Bob Carroll (singer/actor)|Bob Carroll]] *''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' - starring [[Ramon Novarro]] and [[Juanita Hall]] *''[[Girl Crazy]]'' - starring [[Mike Douglas]] *''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'' - starring [[Betty Hutton]] *''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' - starring [[Ozzie Nelson|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 (actor)|Robert Horton]] *''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' - starring [[Robert Horton (actor)|Robert Horton]] *''Roman Candle'' - starring [[Arlene Dahl]] and [[Lee Patterson]] *''[[Say, Darling]]'' - starring [[Orson Bean]], [[Don Cornell]] and [[Gretchen Wyler]] *''[[Wildcat (musical)|Wildcat]]'' - starring [[Martha Raye]]
=== 1963 === *''[[Carnival!]]'' - starring [[Ann Blyth]] *''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' - starring [[Merv Griffin]] and [[William Bendix]] *''[[Fanny (musical)|Fanny]]'' - starring [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]] *''[[Irma La Douce]]'' - starring [[Genevieve (actress)|Genevieve]] *''[[The Music Man]]'' - starring [[Van Johnson]] *''[[My Three Angels (play)|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 (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Dorothy Collins]] *''[[Sunday in New York (play)|Sunday in New York]]'' - starring [[Kathryn Crosby]] *''[[The Tender Trap (play)|The Tender Trap]]'' - starring [[Tab Hunter]] and [[Mary Ann Mobley]] *''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' - starring [[Phyllis McGuire]] and [[Peter Palmer (actor)|Peter Palmer]] *''[[West Side Story]]'' - starring [[Bobby Rydell]] and [[Larry Kert]] *''[[Wildcat (musical)|Wildcat]]'' - starring [[Martha Raye]] *''[[The Wizard of Oz (1942 musical)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' - starring [[Brenda Lee]]
=== 1964 === *''Bachelor's Wife'' - starring [[Peggy Cass]] *''[[Bus Stop (play)|Bus Stop]]'' - starring [[Jayne Mansfield]] *''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' - starring [[Earl Wrightson]] and [[Lois Hunt]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Denise Darcel]] and [[Stuart Damon]] *''[[Critic's Choice (play)|Critic's Choice]]'' - starring [[Allen Ludden]] and [[Betty White]] *''[[Damn Yankees]]'' - starring [[Bert Parks]] *''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' - starring [[Dan Dailey]] *''[[Little Me (musical)|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 (play)|The Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' - starring [[Henry Morgan (humorist)|Henry Morgan]] and [[Ty Hardin]] *''A Thousand Clowns'' - starring [[Van Johnson]] *''[[Tovarich (musical)|Tovarich]]'' - starring [[Jane Morgan]] and [[Tommy Kirk]]
=== 1965 === *''[[Bell, Book and Candle (play)|Bell, Book and Candle]]'' - starring [[Allen Ludden]] and [[Betty White]] *''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' - starring [[Carol Lawrence]] and [[Stephen Douglass]] *''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' - starring [[Dick Shawn]] *''[[Gigi (play)|Gigi]]'' - starring [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]] *''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' - starring [[Earl Wrightson]] and [[Lois Hunt]] *''[[Lady in the Dark]]'' - starring [[Betsy Palmer]] *''Mary, Mary'' - starring [[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]] and [[Alexis Smith]] *''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' - starring [[Robert Stack]] *''[[The Music Man]]'' - starring [[Gig Young]] *''Nature's Way'' - starring [[Jayne Mansfield]] *''[[Never Too Late (play)|Never Too Late]]'' - starring [[Arthur Godfrey]] and [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] *''[[The Pajama Game]]'' - starring [[Jack Jones (American singer)|Jack Jones]] *''[[L'Idiote|A Shot in the Dark]]'' - starring [[Eva Gabor]] and [[Carl Betz]] *''The Solid Gold Cadillac'' - starring [[Ann Sothern]] *''[[Wish You Were Here (musical)|Wish You Were Here]]'' - starring [[James Darren]] and [[Morty Gunty]]
=== 1966 === *''Any Wednesday'' - starring [[Connie Stevens]] *''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells Are Ringing]]'' - starring [[Edie Adams]] and [[Donald Bruce Stewart|Don Stewart]] *''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'' - starring [[Juliet Prowse]] *''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' - starring [[Louis Nye]] *''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' - starring [[Carroll Baker]], [[Bob Carroll (singer/actor)|Bob Carroll]] and [[Marcia Rodd]] *''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'' - starring [[Jerry Van Dyke]] and [[Billy De Wolfe]] *''[[Kismet (musical)|Kismet]]'' - starring [[Gordon MacRae]] and [[Carla Alberghetti]] *''[[Oklahoma!]]'' - starring [[Robert Horton (actor)|Robert Horton]] *''[[Oliver!]]'' - starring [[Walter Slezak]] *''[[Private Lives]]'' - starring [[Richard Chamberlain]] *''[[The Sound of Music]]'' - starring [[Shirley Jones]] *''[[South Pacific (musical)]]'' - starring [[Florence Henderson]] *''Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?'' - starring [[John Forsythe]] *''The Women'' - starring [[Marge Champion]], [[Dagmar (actress)|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 (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' - starring [[Shari Lewis]] *''[[Half a Sixpence]]'' - starring [[Noel Harrison]] *''[[Luv (play)|Luv]]'' - starring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Dom DeLuise]] and [[Joan Rivers]] *''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]'' - starring [[Gig Young]] and [[Robert Q. Lewis]] *''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' - starring [[Shirley Jones]] *''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|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 (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Joey Heatherton]] *''[[The Fantasticks]]'' - starring [[John Gavin]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]] *''[[Generation (play)|Generation]]'' - starring [[Robert Cummings]] *''Goodbye, Charlie'' - starring [[Martha Raye]] and [[Ron Harper (actor)|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 (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' - starring [[Buddy Greco]], [[Anne Jeffreys]] and [[Dagmar (actress)|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 (play)|Cactus Flower]]'' - starring [[Bob Crane]] and [[Abby Dalton]] *''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' - starring [[John Raitt]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]] and [[Cyd Charisse]] *''[[Golden Rainbow (musical)|Golden Rainbow]]'' - starring [[Gordon MacRae]] *''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'' - starring [[Jo Anne Worley]] *''[[The Happy Time (musical)|The Happy Time]]'' - starring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[George Chakiris]] *''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|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 (musical)|Mame]]'' - starring [[Patrice Munsel]] *''[[My Fair Lady]]'' - starring [[Jane Powell]] *''The Show-Off'' - starring [[Dick Shawn]] *''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|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 === *''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus|Blossom Time]]'' - starring [[Sally Ann Howes]] *''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' - starring [[Joel Grey]] *''[[Dames at Sea]]'' - starring [[Mamie Van Doren]] *''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|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 (musical)|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 (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]] and [[Dody Goodman]] *''[[Show Boat]]'' - starring [[Ann Blyth]] and [[Andy Devine]] *''[[There's a Girl in My Soup (play)|There's a Girl in My Soup]]'' - starring [[Bill Bixby]] and [[Lesley Gore]]
=== 1971 === *''[[Anything Goes]]'' - starring [[Frankie Avalon]] and [[Joe Flynn (American actor)|Joe Flynn]] *''[[Catch Me If You Can (play)|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 (musical)|The Great Waltz]]'' - starring [[Sally Ann Howes]] *''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|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 (musical)|1776]]'' - starring [[Joel Grey]] *''[[Butterflies Are Free]]'' - starring [[Eileen Heckart]] and [[Keir Dullea]] *''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' - starring [[Ann Miller]] *''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' - starring [[Bill Bixby]] *''Everybody Loves Opal'' - starring [[Phyllis Diller]] *''[[Good News (musical)|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 (musical)|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 (entertainer)|John Davidson]] *''[[The Rainmaker (play)|The Rainmaker]]'' - starring [[Burt Reynolds]] *''This Was Burlesque'' - starring [[Ann Corio]]
=== 1973 === *''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]]'' - starring [[Alexis Smith]] *''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' - starring [[William Shatner]] *''[[Born Yesterday (play)|Born Yesterday]]'' - starring [[Karen Valentine]], [[Ed Asner|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 (entertainer)|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 (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' - starring [[Rich Little]] and [[David Doyle]] *''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Ann Blyth]]
=== 1974 === *''[[6 Rms Riv Vu]]'' - starring [[Sally Field]] and [[Jerry Orbach]] *''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' - starring [[Florence Henderson]] and [[Richard Fredricks]] *''Finishing Touches'' - starring [[Robert Reed]] and [[Barbara Rush]] *''[[Gigi (musical)|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 (play)|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 (play)|Sunday in New York]]'' - starring [[Desi Arnaz, Jr.]] *''[[Take Me Along]]'' - starring [[Gene Kelly]] *''[[The Tunnel of Love (play)|The Tunnel of Love]]'' - starring [[Martin Milner]] and [[Kent McCord]]
=== 1975 === *''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]'' - starring [[Roberta Peters]] *''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'' - starring [[Rhonda Fleming]] *''[[Bus Stop (play)|Bus Stop]]'' - starring [[Karen Valentine]] and [[Rose Marie]] *''The Cooch Dancer'' - starring [[Edie Adams]], [[Victor Buono]] and [[Pete Candoli]] *''An Evening with [[John Davidson (entertainer)|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 (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'' - starring [[Sandy Duncan]] and [[Christopher Hewett]] *''[[Private Lives]]'' - starring [[Dyan Cannon]] and [[Keir Dullea]] *''[[She Loves Me]]'' - starring [[Jack Jones (American singer)|Jack Jones]] and [[Noel Harrison]] *''Stop, Thief, Stop!'' - starring [[Paul Lynde]] and [[Alice Ghostley]] *''[[Sugar (musical)|Sugar]]'' - starring [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Ken Berry]] *''[[Under the Yum Yum Tree]]'' - starring [[McLean Stevenson]]
=== 1976 === *''[[Accent on Youth (play)|Accent on Youth]]'' - starring [[Ricardo Montalban]] *''[[Damn Yankees]]'' - starring [[Vincent Price]] *''An Evening with [[Dom DeLuise]]'' *''[[Funny Girl (musical)|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 (musical)|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 (play)|Room Service]]'' - starring [[Henry Winkler]] and [[Didi Conn]] *''[[Shenandoah (musical)|Shenandoah]]'' - starring [[Ed Ames]] *''[[The Student Prince]]'' - starring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[Rip Taylor]]
=== 1977 === *''[[Anything Goes]]'' - starring [[Ann Miller]] and [[Bobby Van]] *''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' - starring [[Rock Hudson]] *''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' - starring [[Ed Ames]] *''[[Godspell]]'' - starring [[The Hudson Brothers]] *''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' - starring [[Roz Kelly]] and [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]] *''Heaven Can Wait'' - starring [[Peter Strauss]] *''[[Kismet (musical)|Kismet]]'' - starring [[Hal Linden]] and [[Dolores Gray]] *''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]'' - starring [[Lucie Arnaz]] and [[Dirk Benedict]] *''Make A Million'' - starring [[McLean Stevenson]] *''[[The Merry Widow]]'' - starring Barbara Meister *''[[Never Too Late (play)|Never Too Late]]'' - starring [[Tom Bosley]] and [[Nanette Fabray]] *''[[Seesaw (musical)|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 (musical)|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 (musical)|Mame]]'' - starring [[Kitty Carlisle]] and [[Don Ameche]] *''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' - starring [[John Raitt]] *''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]'' - starring [[Gordon MacRae]] *''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'' - starring [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]], [[Maxene Andrews]] and [[Tommy Tune]] *''[[Show Boat]]'' - starring Mickey Rooney
=== 1979 === *''[[Ballroom (musical)|Ballroom]]'' - starring [[Audra Lindley]] *''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus|Blossom Time]]'' - starring [[Kitty Carlisle]] and [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] *''[[Bubbling Brown Sugar]]'' - starring [[Cab Calloway]] *''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'' - starring [[Paul Lynde]] *''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|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 (play)|Picnic]]'' - starring [[Donna Mills]] and [[Joe Namath]] *''[[Same Time, Next Year (play)|Same Time, Next Year]]'' - starring [[Katherine Helmond]] and [[Robert Mandan]] *''[[Shenandoah (musical)|Shenandoah]]'' - starring [[Ed Ames]] *''[[Walking Happy]]'' - starring [[Tommy Tune]], [[Elizabeth Allen (actress)|Elizabeth Allen]] and [[Jesse White (actor)|Jesse White]]
=== 1980 === *''4 Girls 4'' - starring [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Helen O'Connell]], [[Rose Marie]] and [[Margaret Whiting]] *''[[Brigadoon]]'' - starring [[John Gabriel (actor)|John Gabriel]] and [[Alan Sues]] *''[[Chapter Two (play)|Chapter Two]]'' - starring [[Joyce DeWitt]] and [[Tab Hunter]] *''[[Deathtrap (play)|Deathtrap]]'' - starring [[Robert Reed]] and [[Imogene Coca]] *''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' - starring [[Gary Sandy]] and [[Barry Williams (actor)|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 (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Ed Ames]] *''[[The Wiz]]'' - [[Deborah Lynn Sharpe]], [[Ira Hawkins]]
=== 1981 === *''4 Girls 4'' - starring [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Helen O'Connell]], [[Rose Marie]] and [[Margaret Whiting]] *''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' - starring [[The 5th Dimension]] *''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' - starring [[Robert Urich]] *''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]'' - starring [[Bert Convy]] *''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' - starring [[Billy Crystal]] *''[[Camelot (musical)|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 (musical)|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 (musical)|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' - starring [[Debby Boone]]
=== 1982 === *''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' - starring [[Dottie West]] *''[[Gigi (musical)|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 (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' - starring [[Connie Stevens]] *''Wally's Cafe'' - starring [[Tim Conway]] *''[[West Side Story]]'' starring [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]]
=== 1983 === *''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' - starring [[Martha Raye]] *''Artist and Models and Madness'' - starring [[Phil Ford (comedian)|Phil Ford]] and [[Mimi Hines]] *''[[Barnum (musical)|Barnum]]'' - starring [[Gary Sandy]] *''[[Catch Me If You Can (play)|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 (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' - starring [[Joel Grey]] and [[Alexis Smith]] *''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' - starring [[John James (actor)|John James]]
=== 1984 === *''[[Baby (musical)|Baby]]'' - starring [[Edie Adams]] *''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' - starring [[Juliet Prowse]] *''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' - starring [[Christopher Atkins]] *''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' - starring [[David Cassidy]] *''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|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 (entertainer)|John Davidson]] *''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' - starring [[Andrea Martin]] *''[[Whoopee!]]'' - starring [[Jay Johnson (ventriloquist)|Jay Johnson]] and [[Karen Morrow]] *''[[Woman of the Year (musical)|Woman of the Year]]'' - starring [[Carol Lawrence]]
=== 1986 === *''[[Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?]]'' - starring [[Robby Benson]] and [[Karla DeVito]] *''[[Evita (musical)|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 (musical)|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 (actor)|Barry Williams]] *''[[Nunsense]]'' - no featured performers
=== 1995 === *''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' - starring [[Barbara Eden]] *''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|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 (musical)|South Pacific]]'' - starring [[Robert Goulet]] *''[[The Student Prince]]'' - starring [[Jerome Hines]]
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==External links== * [http://www.kenleyplayershistory.com/headliners.htm List of Kenley Players Headliners]
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