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Bagels and Yox, 1951

Shows · Bagels and Yox · Holiday Theatre, 1951

Original BroadwayHoliday Theatre 208 performances

The run closed February 12, 1952

Opened
September 12, 1951
Closed
February 12, 1952
Performances
208
Previews
Theatre
Holiday Theatre

Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 137th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it14 named

14 of these 14 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Irv Carroll Cast: The Barton Brothers, Lou Saxon, Marty Drake, Larry Alpert, Rickie Layne, Velvel, Mary Forrest, Patrice Helene, Jan Howard, Johnny Conrad, Dian Lund, Audrey Barfoot, Tibby Rayburn, Ina Lerner, Paula Stevens, Ricki Fields, John
Producer
Al Beckman and John Pransky in association with Brandt Theatres

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.

Around this production

Bagels and Yox was the first show to play at the refurbished Holiday Theatre, which originally opened in 1918 as the Central Theatre. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 200

  • Contradicting Atkinson, William Hawkins in the New York World-Telegram and Sun said the evening was “a floor show put on a stage,” and unlike Bagels and Yox “nobody seems to be having an awfully good time.” Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 203
  • Patrice Helene and Jan Howard, who had earlier appeared in Bagels and Yox . Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 721
  • Once again live shows were presented on its stage; the first was Bagels and Yox (9/12/51; 204 performances). Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 381
  • The revue included the dance team of Patrice Helene and Jan Howard, who had earlier appeared in Bagels and Yox. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 726
  • In 1956, the theater housed its last Broadway show: Debut, which closed after five performances. The theater was turned into a movie house, first called the Odeon, then the Forum, then Movieland. Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 2 Part 1 the Jennifer Tepper, p. 65

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.
  • No recording is held for Bagels and Yox at all.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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