The run closed October 17, 1959
- Opened
- August 4, 1959
- Closed
- October 17, 1959
- Performances
- 87
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- John Golden Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 238th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it8 named
8 of these 8 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
- Bob Rodgers
- Producer
- George Eckstein in association with Bob Reese
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
The Billy Barnes Revue (for New York, the revue lost the article and was titled Billy Barnes Revue ) first opened at Las Palmas Theatre in Los Angeles on October 15, 1958, and the cast album was rele Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 807
- The revue opened in Los Angeles on October 10, 1962, at the Coronet Theatre and was recorded by BB Records (LP # 1001). The revue also featured Jameson in “Sister Aimee,” about female evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 811
- The Billy Barnes Revue first opened at Las Palmas Theatre in Los Angeles on October 15, 1958, and the cast album was released by Decca (LP # DL-9076); the CD was released by Master Classics Records (unnumbered). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 812
- The Billy Barnes Revue opened in London on April 4, 1960, at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith, for twenty-four performances, and the company included four of the original cast members (Joyce Jameson, Ann Guilbert, Patti Regan, and Jackie Joseph). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 815
- Tee Billy Barnes Revue closed in a week, and Kwamina in a month. Kicks & Co. and We Take the Town didn’t even make it to New York. Broadway Musicals the Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of Filichia Peter New Yor, p. 33
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 Billy Barnes Revue at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.