Room Service (play)

It was originally produced by George Abbott and debuted at the Cort Theatre in New York City on May 19, 1937. Its initial production ran for 500 performances, closing on July 16, 1938.^[1]

The original 1937 Broadway production starred Sam Levene as Gordon Miller, Eddie Albert as Leo Davis and Phillip Loeb as Harry Binion.^[2]

In 1953, the play, was revived on Broadway for a short run of 16 performances, starring Jack Lemmon in the role of Leo Davis.

The setting is in Gordon Miller's room in the White Way Hotel.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

A nimble-witted producer, living on credit with several actors in a Broadway hotel, is desperately in need of an angel with $15,000.^[10][11]