''Me and Molly'' is a play by
Gertrude Berg based on Berg's long-running radio drama ''
The Goldbergs''. It premiered on
Broadway
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at the
Belasco Theatre
The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theater at 111 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Originally known as the Stuyvesant Theatre, it was built in 1907 a ...
on February 26, 1948, running for 156 performances through July 10, 1948.
The show starred Berg in the role of Molly Goldberg with
Philip Loeb as Jake Goldberg,
Lester Carr as Sammy Goldberg,
Joan Lazer as Rosie Goldberg,
Eli Mintz as Uncle David,
Louis Sorin as Cousin Simon, and
Margaret Feury as Vera Wertheimer.
It was voted “one of the season’s ten best plays”, according to the obituary of show
producer Herbert Kenwith
Herbert Kenwith (July 14, 1917 – January 30, 2008) was an American television writer, director and producer.
Born in New Jersey. He directed several dozen episodes of many American television series, working often with Norman Lear. They includ ...
.
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References
1948 plays
Broadway plays
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