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on 19 April 1945 and ran for 890 performances. This may have been the greatest of the
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that opened at the
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on 16 November 1959 and played for 1,443 performances. Velie played
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on 12 October 1950 and ran for 644 performances. Velie played "Mr. M." in the musical
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that played for 23 performances from 26 April 1967 to 14 May 1967 at the
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played Jessie
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