Many of these were crafted for the Rogers Brothers, or were created in collaboration with the songwriting team of Jean Schwartz and William Jerome.
[1] His musical play The Widow Jones (1895) was created as a starring vehicle for the actress and singer May Irwin.
[5] McNally collaborated with the song writing team of Jean Schwartz and William Jerome on several Broadway musicals; notably writing the books for Lifting the Lid,[6] Fritz in Tammany Hall,[7] Lola from Berlin,[8] and In Hayti.
[9] He also wrote the book for the 1903 musical Mother Goose which was adapted from the pantomime of the same name by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood.
[10] McNally also adapted several works that were created at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane for the American stage.