The run closed December 16, 1956
- Opened
- November 4, 1954
- Closed
- December 16, 1956
- Performances
- 888
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Majestic Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 13th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Fanny 1 more that season
| 1926 | Lyceum Theatre Original | 63 perf. |
Who was in it64 named
Herb Banke
Jack Beaber
Don Braswell
Ronald Cecill
Dean Crane
Norma Doggett
Florence Dunlap
Mohammed El Bakkar
Pat Finch
Tom Gleason
Katherine Graves
Michael Gugleotti
Jane House
Lindsay Kirkpatrick
Ruth Kuzub
Daniel Labielle
Mike Mason
Ellen Matthews
Carolyn Maye
Don Mchenry
Henry Michel
Bill Pope
Edna Preston
Lloyd Reese
Ruth Schumacher
Michael Scrittorale
Dran Seitz
Tani Seitz
Dolores Smith
Wally Strauss
Toni Wheelis
Steve Wiland
Gary Wright
Lawrence Tibbett
June Roselle
Kippy Campbell
Don Cerulli
Barry Clifford
Dulcie Cooper
Warren Galjour
Melinda Mills
Eloise Milton
Stan Papich
Janet Pavek
Sybil Scotford
Shawnee Smith
Stanley Vincent
Betty Zollinger
16 of these 64 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 48 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
- Joshua Logan
- Choreographer
- Helen Tamiris
- Producer
- David Merrick & Joshua Logan
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.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Recordings 2 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Fanny, 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
- In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. A much more successful revival played on Broadway in 1992. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 166
- In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 194
- During the tryout, “Oysters, Cockles and Mussels” was titled “Fish Market.” The song “I Have to Tell You” was a revised version of Rome’s “I Shouldn’t Love You” from the 1948 musical That’s the Ticket! , which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout. For the post-Broadway tour, “Every Night” was added for Fanny. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 425
- The production marked David Merrick’s first Broadway musical, and he went all out for various publicity stunts; moreover, Fanny was the first musical to have a full-page advertisement in the New York papers. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 426
- despite the Belasco production and Brice's clowning, it lasted only 63 performances. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 39
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 character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 2 recordings of Fanny document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.