Off to Buffalo
{{Short description|1939 play}}
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Off to Buffalo is a farce written by Allen Boretz and Max Liebman. It was originally produced by Albert Lewis and debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City on 21 February 1939. Its initial production ran for 9 performances, closing on 25 February 1939.{{cite web | title = Off to Buffalo | url = https://playbill.com/production/off-to-buffalo-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004426 | website = Playbill | access-date = 2023-04-03}} The 1939 original Broadway production starred Hume Cronyn as Harry Quill, Luba Wesoly as Tuni, and Joe Cook as Gus Delaney.{{cite news | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/02/22/96020287.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 | title= THE PLAY; Joe Cook Returns to the Stage Without Music in 'Off to Buffalo!' | work = The New York Times | date= February 22, 1939 | accessdate=2023-04-03}}
Synopsis
An entertainment committee chairman rounds up past vaudeville headliners for an annual show. The play takes place in Harry Quill's living room in Flatbush, Brooklyn and in Gus Delaney's hotel room in Manhattan's West Forties.{{cite web | title = Off to Buffalo | url = https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/off-to-buffalo-12432 | website = Internet Broadway Database | access-date = 2023-04-03}}
Characters
- Harry Quill
- Tuni
- Evelyn Quill
- "Pop" Clifford
- Barkas
- Mannheim
- Sprung
- McChesney
- Johnny Melba
- Gus Delaney
- Gabby O'Keefe
- Maxie Kromm
- Fanny Franum
- Gill
- Bloom
- Blossom
- Lottie
- Pepe Brothers
- The Flying Martels
- Phil Gordon
- Delivery Boy
- Johnson
- Laundry Man
References
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External links
- [https://playbill.com/production/off-to-buffalo-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004426 Off to Buffalo at Playbill]
- [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/off-to-buffalo-12432 Off to Buffalo at the Internet Broadway Database]
Category:Plays set in New York City
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