What a Guy!

Abe Ellstein and Isidore Friedman's

"WHAT A GUY!"

(Der emester bokher)

CAST OF "WHAT A GUY"
Second Avenue Theatre
New York, New York
Opened on October 13, 1948

The cast of the musical comedy "What a Guy!" included Menasha Skulnik, Yetta Zwerling, Anna Toback, Moishe Feder, Leon Liebgold, Lilly Lilliana, Max Rosenblatt, Jacob Sussanoff and Anna Winters. The play ran for sixteen weeks at the Second Avenue Theatre, then for two weeks on the road. At the end of April 1948 the production was scheduled to go back on the road again for ten weeks, starting at the Douglas Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Menasha performed in many other plays in the Second Avenue Theatre over his career. Here is a list of just some of the productions he was in at this theatre between 1937 and 1949:

The Jolly Village

Shlemiel

The Straw Soldier

Men in White

Goldele, the Baker's Daughter

Live and Laugh

Be Happy

The Treasure

The Rich Uncle

Gimpel Takes a Bride

Lucky Days

My Friend Yossel

Good News

My Wedding Night

I'm in Love

Leave it to Me

Just My Luck

The Big Shot

Leave it to Charlie

Menasha Skulnik in "What a Guy!"

Photo, top by D. H. Simon, N. Y. Photo of Menasha Sklulnik by Rappoport Studio. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.