The run closed January 27, 1923
- Opened
- September 29, 1921
- Closed
- January 27, 1923
- Performances
- 516
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Ambassador Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 22nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Blossom Time 6 more that season
| 1923 | Shubert Theatre Revival · J. C. Huffman | 24 perf. |
| 1924 | Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival · J. C. Huffman | 24 perf. |
| 1926 | Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival · J. J. Shubert | 16 perf. |
| 1931 | Ambassador Theatre Revival · Edward Scanlon | 29 perf. |
| 1938 | 46th Street Theatre Revival · Edward Scanlon | 19 perf. |
| 1943 | Ambassador Theatre Revival · J. J. Shubert | 47 perf. |
Who was in it71 named
Perry Askam
Zoe Barnett
Howard A Berman
Ethel Brandon
William Danforth
Burtress Deitch
Florence Elmore
Robert Paton Gibbs
Gotham City Four
Norma Gould
Marie Gray
Frances Halliday
Edith Holloway
Claire Hooper
Dorothy Jackson
Mildred Kay
Paul Kerr
Eugene Martinet
Bobbie Mccree
Irving Mels
Lucius Metz
Margaret Mills
Dorothy Newell
Emmy Niclas
Erba Robeson
Yvan Servais
Mildred Soper
Juliet Strahl
Irene Taylor
Dorothy Whitmore
Lyola Whyte
Billie Williams
Marion Barton
Mev Franza
Maxie Gray
Mildred Ray
Joe Toner
Elden Baker
James Burroughs
Mae Chesterly
Ann Cutter
Hollis Davenny
Lillian Edwards
Edmund Fitzpatrick
Etta Hezlett
Doris Hill
Julia Hurley
Edith Laurence
Amy Lester
Sonya Leyton
Joseph Mendelsohn
Ruth Miller
Laurel Nemeth
David Resnick
Jean Roberts
Howard A Samples
Dorothy Seegar
Verna Shaff
Otis Sheridan
Shirley Sherman
Shirley Stanley
Edwin Taylor
Edna Temple
Roland Titus
Mae Watson
Viola White
5 of these 71 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 66 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
- J. C. Huffman
- Choreographer
- F. M. Gillespie
- Producer
- Messrs. Shubert
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
- For the first Broadway musical with songs based on themes from classical compositions, Sigmund Romberg was assigned by the producing Shuberts to adapt melodies by the composing Schubert. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 62
- Its next production, Blossom Time (9/28/21; 516 performances), proved to be its longest-running show until almost 50 years later. The SigmuND ROMBERG and Dorothy Donnelly operetta would again play the Ambassador on March 4, 1931, for 29 performances, and once more starting September 4, 1943, for only 47 performances—it… Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 37
- The 44th Street hosted the first revival of Blossom Time (5/21/23; 16 performances) (there were eventually seven further revivals). The short run was not the failure it seemed, for the Shuberts never had any intention of running Blossom Time—they just wanted to be able to advertise the ensuing tour as “direct from Broa… Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 193
- The Shuberts were overjoyed with the success of Blossom Time. They sent out many national companies for years afterward, and the piece became as good as money in the bank. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 474
- The brothers found that audiences never tired of some shows, like Blossom Time. The Romberg operetta toured almost indefinitely. The same costumes and sets were reused over and over again for each additional company. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 509
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 Blossom Time at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.