The run closed September 17, 1955
- Opened
- April 18, 1955
- Closed
- September 17, 1955
- Performances
- 176
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Mark Hellinger Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 153rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it60 named
Don Emmons
Patty Fitzsimmons
Betty George
Don Graham
Skeet Guenther
Will Hussung
Mike Kellin
Warren Kemmerling
Michael King
Marilyn Marsh
Virginia Martin
Ray Mason
Ellen McCown
Meri Miller
Marianne Olsen
Janet Pavek
Jack Purcell
Jack Rains
Marsha Rivers
Karen Shepard
John Smolko
Nina Starkey
Gloria Stevens
Hobe Streiford
Jack Timmers
Nancy Walters
Patricia White
Ethel Winter
Juan Anduze
Edward Begley
Vivian Dandridge
Dorothy Dunau
Rosemary Gaines
Betty Graber
Doris Hagler
Edmund Hall
Larry Howard
Sue Ane Langdon
Sheldon Ossosky
Rene Ray
Georgia Reed
Parker Wilson
23 of these 60 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 37 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Fred F. Finklehoffe
- Choreographer
- Tony Charmoli
- Producer
- Anthony B. Farrell
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Recordings 1 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Ankles Aweigh, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
On the morning of April 19, 1955, Walter Kerr was provoked to begin his review of the earliest of these four, Ankles Aweigh (Mark Hellinger; Apr. 18, ’55; 176), by stating... Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 40
Above, Betty and Jane Kean at sea in the immortal Ankles Aweigh.
Speaker not recorded. Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 43- There have been a few exceptions, such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) and Nine (1982), but the odds are against success: over three dozen musicals set wholly (or partially) in Italy have floundered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, or on the road. Seven alone opened during the 1950s; besides The Liar… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 61
- If a musical-comedy dictionary existed, perhaps the word “mediocrity” would be defined by Ankles Aweigh . And yet somehow the musical holds a special place in the hearts of musical theatre fans because it had absolutely no pretensions and seemed content to unapologetically bask in unadulterated cheesiness. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 457
- Perhaps the most surprising moment in the history of Ankles Aweigh occurred when it received an out-of-the-clear-blue-sky revival at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, on July 13, 1988. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 459
- while her program biography listed eight of her stage credits there was nary a mention of Ankles Aweigh . Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 637
- And A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (He also had a hand in some flops, including Seventh Heaven, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Ankles Aweigh.) Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 130
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 1 recordings of Ankles Aweigh document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.