This Day on Broadway

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Monday, February 5, 2007

2/5 In Musical Theater History

(I apologize for today's short entry. I'm getting to the point in my Webseed archives at which I stopped doing research for my former Broadway website, so there isn't a great deal of information in this entry. From here on out in this blog, every bit of information is based on original research... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

2/4 In Musical Theater History

Opening today at the Imperial Theater in 1931 is Franz Lehar’s Frederika (95p), starring Dennis King. The operetta is the last original work of Lehar’s to open before WWII; however, operetta is out of favor in the depths of the Depression, and the work is a fast 4 month failure. Opening this day at... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 3, 2007

2/3 In Musical Theater History

On this day in 1908 opening at the Garrick Theater is George M. Cohan’s Fifty Miles From Boston (40p). Cohan invites pioneering Broadway performer Ned Harrigan to the opening and is surprised to find that not only a character in the musical is named after himself but as well as the hit song... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 2, 2007

2/2 In Musical Theater History

The last of the Kern, Bolton and Woodhouse Princess Theater musicals opens this day in 1918. Oh, Lady! Lady! (219p) stars Vivienne Segal, but Jerome Kern wants to move on to other things, so the series ends. However, with the 7 Princess musicals, Kern has changed musical comedy on Broadway forever.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

2/1 In Musical Theater History

On this day in 1896 Puccini’s opera La Boheme premiers in Turin, Italy. The opera will later be the source for the Broadway musical Rent. The Fair Co-ed (122p) opens at the Knickerbocker Theater today in 1909. Elsie Janis stars as the only female student enrolled at Bingham College and she helps her... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

12/30 - The Iroquois Theater Fire Special Report

On this day in 1903, during the matinee performance of Mr. Bluebeard at Chicago ’s Iroquois Theater, a blue arc light used during a second act chorus number started some scenery a flame. Although several stage hands attempted to put the fire out, it was too high for them to reach. Soon, the fire... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 9, 2006

10/9 In Musical Theater History

Opening today in 1928 at the Music Box Theater is Paris (195p), Cole Porter’s first hit show. The score contains Porter’s first list song, Let’s Do It, and Let’s Misbehave. In the edition of the Wall Street Journal published today in 1929, a warning about a possible coming bear market is seen. Most... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 8, 2006

10/8 In Musical Theater History

On this day in 1924 Vanities’s producer Earl Carroll gets himself arrested to publicize the current edition of his revue by hanging nude paintings in the lobby of his theater and them getting someone to complain. He will spend a night in jail, and the resulting press coverage turns the 1924 edition... Sign in to see full entry.

10/7 In Musical Theater History

Opening this day in 1919 at the Globe Theater is Viennese violinist/composer Fritz Kreisler’s Apple Blossoms (256p). Notable for containing the first Broadway appearances of Fred and Adele Astaire, the operetta is the first European musical to open on Broadway after the end of WWI. Poet Ogden Nash... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 7, 2006

10/6 In Musical Theater History

Composer Cole Porter has his first hit song as the revue Hitchy-Koo of 1919 (56p) opens this day at the Liberty Theater. Starring Raymond Hitchcock, the song An Old Fashioned Garden establishes Porter, who still resides in Paris for now, on Broadway. Opening this day in 1921 is the new 59 th Street... Sign in to see full entry.

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