Jimmy Savo

On stage 5 productions, 19 years

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Ziegfeld Follies

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In the literature6 passages

• 45 Comedian Jimmy Savo (1895–1960) enjoyed success on Broadway in the original production of Rodgers and Hart’s The Boys from Syracuse (1938).ebooks/Unknown/Alan Jay Lerner_ A Lyricist's Letters - Unknown.txt
• Kean and George Zoritch; “Laugh Time” with Ethel Waters, Frank Fay, Bert Wheeler and Buck and Bubbles; “What's Up” with Jimmy Savo; and “My Dear Public” with Willie Howar¢ and Nanette Fabray. Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura revived “The Merry Widow” with great success, and “A Connecticut Yankee” played by Robert Chisholm, Vivienne Segal, Di…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• Eddie Albert (left) and Jimmy Savo in The Boys from Syracuse. New York, Alvin Theatre, 1938. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt
• Published September 1927. Introduced by Jimmy Savo (Spelvin), Ruth Wilcox (Miss Meade), Max Hoffman, Jr. (Timothy), and Dorothea James (Anne). Later intended for Rosalie (1928) as an Act II duet for Oliver McLennan (Bill) and Bobbe Arnst (Mary).theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• Roger Pryor (Jim), Jimmy Savo (Spelvin), and ensemble. Alternate titles: ““Finaletto, Act II’ and “‘Finaletto, Act II, Scene 1.”theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• |THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Nov. 23) Rodgers and Hart's tuneful skirmish with a classical theme, featuring Jimmy Savo and Teddy Hart as twin Dromios. Jo Mielziner’s witty sets highlight an immensely popular but somewhat disappointing show.theatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1939-05_23_5.txt

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