Best of Broadway, The

1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 5 (USA)
9 x 60 minute episodes

This once-a-month CBS colour series debuted on 15 September 1954 with “Royal Family” with Claudette Colbert, Helen Hayes and Fredric March.

Succeeding shows included “The Man Who Came To Dinner” with Monty Wooley (reprising the role he played on Broadway), Merle Oberon and Bert Lahr; “Panama Hattie” with Ethel Merman and Art Carney; “The Guardsman” with Claudette Colbert and Franchot Tone, and “The Philadelphia Story” with Dorothy McGuire.

The series ended on 4 May 1955 with “Broadway” starring Joseph Cotten

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