The Best of Broadway

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The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Easter Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for a total of nine episodes. Each show was broadcast live in color...read more

The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Easter Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for a total of nine episodes. Each show was broadcast live in color from New York City, was an adaptation of a famous Broadway play, and included commercials for Westinghouse featuring Betty Furness. Using a "giant new studio," plays were presented in front of a studio audience, which contributed a Broadway-like element.

Original Release

09/15/1954 on CBS

US Release

09/15/1954

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Royal Family Wednesday, 15 September 1954
2 The Man Who Came to Dinner Wednesday, 13 October 1954
3 Panama Hattie Wednesday, 10 November 1954
4 The Philadelphia Story Wednesday, 08 December 1954
5 Arsenic and Old Lace Wednesday, 05 January 1955
6 The Show-Off Wednesday, 02 February 1955
7 The Guardsman Wednesday, 02 March 1955
8 Stage Door Wednesday, 06 April 1955
9 Broadway Wednesday, 04 May 1955

Directors

Sidney Lumet, David Alexander, Paul Nickell, Herbert B. Swope Jr., Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers

Ronald Alexander, George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Buddy G. DeSylva, George Abbott, Philip Barry, Howard Lindsay, Herbert Baker, Russel Crouse, Ferenc Molnár, Moss Hart, Herbert Fields, Philip Dunning, Joseph Kesselring, George Kelly, Reginald Jackson, Gore Vidal

Cast

Producers

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