These pages encompass not only Bela Lugosi’s roles on the legitimate stage, but also his vaudeville, spook show, and personal appearances. Where available, credits, posters, programmes, photographs, press items and reviews are included. This is an incomplete, but ever-growing archive.
Click on the links for details of the individual productions:
1903: Kurucz Feja David (Stubborn King David)
1922: Az Ember Tragédiája (The Tragedy of Man)
1926-1927: The Devil in the Cheese
1927-1928: Dracula Tryout & Broadway
1930: Union Labor Benefit League Show
1932: Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers’ Tribute To Carl Laemmle, Sr.
1933-1934: Murder At The Vanities
1933: Mickey Mouse’s Fifth Birthday Testimonial Party
1933: Eighteen-Minute Capsule Version Of Dracula
1935: The Gala Opening of the Maz Factor Building
1936: Screen Actors Guild Ball
1936: Fifty-Fifth Annual Benefit on behalf of the Actor’s’ Fund of America
1938: Personal Appearances At The Regina-Wilshire Theatre
1939: Screen Actors Guild Meeting
1939: Tower of London Premiere
1940: American International Toy Fair
1940: Black Friday and House of Seven Gables Double World Premiere
1946: Capsule version of Dracula
1948: Southside American Legion Club Buffet Supper Party
1948: Night Of Stars Benefit For The United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York
1949: The Bela Lugosi Company Vaudeville Tour
1950: The Mystery Writers of America Annual Dinner
1950: Bela Lugosi’s Big Horror and Magic Stage Show
1951: Bela Lugosi’s Big Horror and Magic Stage Show
1951: UK Revival Tour of Dracula
1952: Spook Show Tour With Kim Yen Soo
1953: Personal Appearance At West Coast Theatre, San Bernardino, California
Bela Lugosi was unable to be at the Vista Theater in 1947 due to illness. I found the announcement in the local newspaper.
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Thank you for sharing that information Gloria. Would it be possible to send me a copy of that (and anything else in the local press relating to the planned performance at the Vista Theater) to include on the blog? I’ll credit your contributions.Thanks, Andi Brooks.
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