Schultz is accompanied on his adventures by the recent Vassar College graduate Dr. Marie Darcey; the messenger boy Swifty; the famous woman golfer Donna Dean; and the celebrated dancer Mlle.
[2] Gay New York was a successful "road musical" created as a starring vehicle for Dan Mason.
[2] The production was initially organized by the theatrical impresario Gus Hill and began touring the MidWest and Eastern portions of the United States in the autumn of 1905.
[3] However, by the time the touring production reached Broadway's Murray Hill Theatre in February 1906 there was no mention of Hill's involvement and Charles E. Barton was listed the show's producer and M. L. Heckert as director.
Florizell; Ed Brennan as Walter Brook Jennings; Theodore S. Peters as the Honorable W. B. Jennings; Edward B. Adams as Wilbur Jennings; Violet Rio as Donna Dean; William Butler as Officer Ketchim; Leah Keinz as Julia Schultz; Lulu Lee as Dolly Van Tassel; Charles E. Foreman as Frank Swift; Nellie Cameron as Marjorie Darje; Joseph F. Willard as Sam; and Bessie Bartell as Polly Primrose.