A Gambler’s Instinct: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford

Gallery of Illustrations

Cheryl Aileen Crawford, class of 1925, Smith College Yearbook, 1925. Courtesy of Smith College Archives, Northampton, Massachusetts. Theresa Helburn of the Theatre Guild, c. 1930. (Uncredited photograph.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Cheryl Crawford at the Theatre Guild, c. 1928.(Uncredited photograph.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Group Theatre Directors, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg, at Dover Furnace, Connecticut, 1932, during the second season of the Group Theatre.(Photograph by Ralph Steiner.) Courtesy of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Cheryl Crawford as producer of the Maplewood Theatre, New Jersey, 1940. (Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.) Courtesy of the Van Vechten Trust. Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Producer Cheryl Crawford with associate producer John J. Wildberg (standing ) and conductor Alexander Smallen (seated) working on the Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess, 1942. (Photograph by George Karger/Pix, Inc.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Mary Martin in designer Mainbocher ’s gown, singing “That’s Him” in One Touch of Venus, 1943. (Photograph Vandamm Studio.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Composer Kurt Weill during One Touch of Venus, 1943. Courtesy of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Mary Martin, Cheryl Crawford, and Marlene Dietrich on opening-night of Kind Sir, 1953, starring Mary Martin and Charles Boyer. Photofest. Franco Zeffrelli, Cheryl Crawford, and Roddy McDowell at the Broadway opening of Good as Gold, 1957.(Uncredited photograph.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg (right) with Franco Zeffrelli and guest in the foyer during the opening of Good as Gold, 1957. (Photograph by Syeus Mottel.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Cheryl Crawford with lyricist/ director Tom Jones (center) and composer Harvey Schmidt overseeing the construction of the Portfolio Theatre/Workshop stage for Celebration, 1969. (Photograph by Robert Alan Gold.) From the collection of Harvey Schmidt. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Cheryl Crawford and Tennessee Williams at the Gotham Book Mart, 1976. (Photograph by Bill Yoscary.) Courtesy of the Estate of Bill Yoscary. Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. A late photograph of Cheryl Crawford, c. 1986. (Photograph by Jessie Gilmer.) Billy Rose Theatre Division, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. ...