Stanley Gilkey

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Lincoln Center. Stanley Gilky was the production manager for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center.

Stanley Gilkey (1900-1979), also known as StanleyGilky, was a production manager, producer, and actor on Broadway. [1]

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He attended Harvard University and graduated from the university in 1923. [2] [ failed verification ] He was executive producer for Guthrie McClintic for 35 years, and later a general manager for theatrical producer Robert Whitehead. Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan were the producers of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, and Gilkey was the general manager for their productions for the first two seasons as well as the theater board's acting administrator. [3] [4]

In 1947, he was the producer of Message for Margaret (1947), which only lasted five performances over the course of three days. [5] He later was a co-producer with Michael P. Grace ll and Harry Rigby for John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953). Gilky had produced five Broadway show prior to TheAlmanac. [6] However, Grace and Rigby both had only one production as producers prior to the co-production. Grace, like Gilky, had also produced a Broadway show that closed after a few days, The King of Friday's Men (1951). [7] There was clearly a certain level of risk for the co-production, but The Almanac show was a success and went on to complete 229 performances. [8]

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Nancy Hamiltion (1926)

Shows produced with lyrics and sketches by Nancy Hamilton

In contemporary culture, he was portrayed in the play Veritas, a play which is based on Harvard's Secret Court of 1920. The story presents Gikly at the time when he was a student at 1920 Harvard and was accused of being a homosexual by university administrators. Gilkey had been expelled from the university despite the fact that there was no evidence to the accusation. Based on his later request to the university, he was later readmitted in 1921 and graduated from Harvard in 1923. The Secret Court of 1920 went unreported until 2002, eighty two years after the event. [2]

Gilky's Broadway credits [6]
TitleYearRole
The Age of Innocence1928Actor (Harry Delancey)
Winterset 1935General Manager
Saint Joan March, 1936Company Manager
Hamlet October, 1936General Manager
Hight Tor January, 1937General Manager
The Star-Wagon September, 1937General Manager
Missouri Legend1938General Manager
One for the MoneyFebruary, 1939Producer
Christmas EveDecember, 1939General Manager
Two for the Show 1940Producer
The Deep Mrs. SykesMarch, 1945Producer
You Touched MeDecember, 1945General Manager
Three to Make Ready 1946Producer
Message to Margaret1947Producer
John Murray Anderson's Almanac 1953Producer
A Roomful of Roses1955Producer
The Day the Money Stopped1960Producer
Martha Graham and

Her Dance Company

1960Producer
Foxy 1964(Producer for the original production in the Yukon Territory of Canada)
The Country Wife1965General Manager
The Condemned of

Altona

1966General Manager

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References

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  2. 1 2 Webster, Andy (2015-11-04). "Review: 'Veritas,' a Play About Harvard's Gay Underground Put on Trial". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-09-13.
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  4. "Lincoln Center Troupe to Drop Three Dramas From Repertory". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  5. "Message for Margaret (Playbill)".
  6. 1 2 "Stanley Gilky (Playbill)".
  7. "King of Friday's Men (Playbill)".
  8. "John Murray Anderson's Almanac".
  9. "One for the Money".
  10. "Two for the Show".
  11. "Three to Make Ready".