The Wonder Bar

... Staging	William Mollison
... Dance Arrangers (Choreographers)	John Pierce (Credited only in list of musical numbers) Albertina Rasch (Credited only in list of musical numbers)

Cast

... Monsieur all (Proprietor of The Wonder Bar)	Al Jolson
... Inez (Professional Dancer)	Trini
... Ramon Colmano	Rex O'Malley
... Lord Cauldwell	Arthur Treacher
... Liane Duval (Guest)	Wanda Lyon
... Elektra Pivonka (Entertainer)	Patsy Kelly
... Charlie (Her Husband)	Al Segal
... Signorina Medea Colambara	Medea Colombara
... Entertainer (Dancer)	Doris Groday
... Specialty Dancers	Carol Chilton Maceo Thomas

Act One

Act Two

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

No additional musical numbers lists yet.

The production closed abruptly, playing its last performance on a Friday night. Star Al Jolson had been suffering from laryngitis. A total of at least nine performances were canceled before the final performance. Some were canceled in advance, while some were canceled as little as two hours before the scheduled performance time. At least one other performance was stopped midway through.

A closing date of June 13 had been set, but Jolson said he could not perform on Saturday evening, May 30. The matinee that day had been canceled in advance. At that point, the show was no longer playing matinees but was scheduled to play six performances a week, all evenings. On Monday, June 1, it was decided that no more performances would be played, although Jolson said he was still planning to tour in the show in the fall, which he did do.

Different sources list different numbers of performances, usually between 76 and 87. We estimate that the show played 75 performances at most, including the performance that was stopped midway through. If that performance is not counted, it would be 74, but this is presuming that there were not additional performances canceled that were not reported on in the press.

Main Run

• Nora Bayes Theatre (New York, NY)
  March 17, 1931 - May 29, 1931

Tryout

• Belasco Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
  March 5, 1931 - March 7, 1931
• Shubert Theatre (New Haven, CT)
  March 9, 1931 - March 14, 1931