Stanley Gilkey

Stanley Gilky was the production manager for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center.

Stanley Gilkey (1900-1979), also known as Stanley Gilky, was a production manager, producer, and actor on Broadway.

He attended Harvard University and graduated from the university in 1923. He was executive producer for Guthrie McClintic for 35 years, and later a general manager for theatrical producer Robert Whitehead. Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan were the producers of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, and Gilkey was the general manager for their productions for the first two seasons as well as the theater board's acting administrator.

In 1947, he was the producer of Message for Margaret (1947), which only lasted five performances over the course of three days. He later was a co-producer with Michael P. Grace ll and Harry Rigby for John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953). Gilky had produced five Broadway show prior to The Almanac. There was clearly a certain level of risk for the co-production, but The Almanac show was a success and went on to complete 229 performances.

Shows produced with lyrics and sketches by Nancy Hamilton

One for the Money (1939) Two for the Show (1940) Three to Make Ready (1946)

In popular culture In contemporary culture, he was portrayed in the play Veritas, a play which is based on Harvard's Secret Court of 1920. The story presents Gilkey at the time when he was a student at 1920 Harvard and was accused of being a homosexual by university administrators. Gilkey had been expelled from the university despite the fact that there was no evidence to the accusation. Based on his later request to the university, he was later readmitted in 1921 and graduated from Harvard in 1923. The Secret Court of 1920 went unreported until 2002, eighty two years after the event. Title Year Role The Age of Innocence|1928 Actor (Harry Delancey) Winterset|1935 General Manager Saint Joan|March, 1936 Company Manager Hamlet|October, 1936 General Manager Hight Tor|January, 1937 General Manager The Star-Wagon|September, 1937 General Manager Missouri Legend|1938 General Manager One for the Money|February, 1939 Producer Christmas Eve|December, 1939 General Manager Two for the Show|1940 Producer The Deep Mrs. Sykes|March, 1945 Producer You Touched Me|December, 1945 General Manager Three to Make Ready|1946 Producer Message to Margaret|1947 Producer John Murray Anderson's Almanac|1953 Producer A Roomful of Roses|1955 Producer The Day the Money Stopped|1960 Producer Martha Graham and Her Dance Company|1960 Producer Foxy|1964 (Producer for the original production in the Yukon Territory of Canada) The Country Wife|1965 General Manager The Condemned of Altona'' 1966 General Manager