Prologue: Peggy-Ann Barnes (Helen Ford), Lil Frost (Lulu McConnell), Alice Frost (Betty Starbuck), Delores Barnes (Edith Meiser), Arnold Small (Fuller Mellish, Jr.), and Jack Frost (Grant Simpson) from the original production [1926]. Courtesy of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

Prologue: Delores Barnes (Joei Perry), Peggy-Ann Barnes (Mary Ann Lanier) and Patricia Seymour (LaTarsha Long) from the American Classics production (2003). Photo credit: Rodger Kingston.