''Me and Molly'' is a play by
Gertrude Berg
Gertrude Berg (Born Tillie Edelstein; October 3, 1899 – September 14, 1966) was an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hi ...
based on Berg's long-running radio drama ''
The Goldbergs''. It premiered on
Broadway
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at the
Belasco Theatre
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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
Philip Loeb (March 28, 1891 – September 1, 1955), was an American stage, film, and television actor, director and author. He was blacklisted under McCarthyism and committed suicide in response.
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as Jake Goldberg,
Lester Carr
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as Sammy Goldberg,
Joan Lazer Joan may refer to:
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as Rosie Goldberg,
Eli Mintz
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Born in Lemberg, Austrian-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine), the son of a tailor, Mintz began acting professionally as a ch ...
as Uncle David,
Louis Sorin
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Louis Sorin was born in New York City. He appeared in 15 films between 1929 and 1961. He also acted on stage, including appearing on Broadway in more than ...
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.
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References
1948 plays
Broadway plays
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