Herman Shumlin

Herman Shumlin (December 6, 1898, Atwood, Colorado – June 4, 1979, New York City) was a prolific Broadway theatrical director and theatrical producer, beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all-male cast. He also directed two movies, including Watch on the Rhine (1943), which he had first directed and produced on Broadway in 1941.

During a Broadway career lasting 47 years, he was the director, producer, or both, of 45 productions, including three separate productions of The Corn Is Green (1940, 1943, and 1950). Other productions include The Little Foxes (1939), Watch on the Rhine (1941), and Inherit the Wind (1955). Inherit the Wind ran for 806 performances, and was made into a movie in 1960 starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly, and has been remade three times since, in 1965, 1988, and 1999.

Shumlin taught directing in the Theater Department of The City College of New York in the 1960s and 1970s. As well as Watch on the Rhine, he directed the movie Confidential Agent (1945).

Theatre credits

Date	Title	Venue	Notes
December 26, 1927 – January 1928	Celebrity	Lyceum Theatre, New York City	Producer
October 3 – October 1928		Klaw Theatre, New York City	Producer
November 13, 1928 – January 1929	To-Night at 12	Hudson Theatre, New York City	Producer
October 23, 1929 – October 1929	Button, Button	Bijou Theatre, New York City	Producer
February 13 – October 1930		Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York City	Producer
November 13, 1930 – December 1931	Grand Hotel	National Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
September 14 – December 3, 1932	Clear All Wires	Times Square Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
October 17, 1933 – January 1934	Ten Minute Alibi	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City	Director
September 13 – September 1934		Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
November 20, 1934 – July 1936		Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
October 11 – October 1935	Sweet Mystery of Life	Shubert Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
December 15 – December 1936	Days to Come	Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
February 21 – March 1938	Wine of Choice	Guild Theatre, New York City	Director
December 28, 1938 – January 1939		Guild Theatre, New York City	Producer
February 15, 1939 – February 1940		National Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
January 9 – August 3, 1940		Cort Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
November 26, 1940 – January 17, 1942		National Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
April 1, 1941 – February 21, 1942	Watch on the Rhine	Martin Beck Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
November 26 – December 19, 1942		Morosco Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
May 3 – June 19, 1943		Martin Beck Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
April 12, 1944 – January 20, 1945		Fulton Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
October 17 – November 4, 1944		Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
March 20 – June 23, 1945	Kiss Them for Me	Belasco Theatre and Fulton Theatre, New York City	Director
February 21–28, 1946	Jeb	Martin Beck Theatre, New York City	Producer, director, production supervisor
March 30 – April 9, 1949		Mansfield Theatre, New York City	Director
January 11–22, 1950		New York City Center, New York City	Volunteer consultant
September 18 – November 4, 1950	Daphne Laureola	Music Box Theatre, New York City	Producer
February 20 – March 10, 1951		48th Street Theatre, New York City	Director
September 4 – November 10, 1951	Lace on Her Petticoat	Booth Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
November 19–24, 1951	To Dorothy, A Son	John Golden Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
January 30 – February 2, 1952	Gertie	Plymouth Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
April 22 – May 17, 1952	Candida	National Theatre, New York City	Director
October 13 – November 1, 1952		Lyceum Theatre, New York City	Director
November 20, 1954 – February 26, 1955	Wedding Breakfast	48th Street Theatre, New York City	Director
April 21, 1955 – June 22, 1957	Inherit the Wind	National Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
January 29 – May 2, 1959	Tall Story	Belasco Theatre, New York City	Director
November 19 – December 12, 1959	Only in America	Cort Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
December 1–17, 1960	Little Moon of Alban	Longacre Theatre, New York City	Director
March 2 – July 10, 1963	Dear Me, The Sky is Falling	Music Box Theatre, New York City	Director
September 24, 1963	Bicycle Ride to Nevada	Cort Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
February 26 – November 28, 1964		Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City	Producer, director
December 14, 1967 – June 8, 1968	Spofford	ANTA Playhouse, New York City	Playwright, director
May 1–18, 1968	Soldiers	Billy Rose Theatre, New York City	Producer
October 7–26, 1974	Flowers	Biltmore Theatre, New York City	Producer
December 3–8, 1974	As You Like It	Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City	Producer

External links

• Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the Internet Broadway DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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• Herman Shumlin papers, circa 1902-1989 [bulk 1932-1978], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts