The run closed January 25, 1933
- Opened
- September 15, 1932
- Closed
- January 25, 1933
- Performances
- 188
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 130th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it64 named
Alfreda Allman
June Blossom
Vera Bracken
Elsie Burrows
Phyllis Cameron
Helen Carrington
Janet Carver
Florence Chumbecos
Lucille Cole
Aida Conkey
Muriel Cook
Leonore Cox
Maxine Darrow
Mildred Davenport
Dorothy Dodd
Nancy Dolin
Lillian Duncan
Enez Early
Lloyd Ericson
Jackie Godfrey
Ruth Gormley
Consuello Harris
Bobby Johns
David Johns
George Kirk
Katherine Laughlin
George Magis
Irene Mcbride
William Miley
Evelyn Monte
Katherine Mullowny
Frances Nevins
Myrtle Quinland
George Raymond
Carol Renwick
Wilma Roeloff
Jean Sargent
Morrie Siegel
Dolores Townsend
Rosalie Trego
Albertina Vitak
John Walsh
Elida Webb
Teddy West
Dora White
Virginia Whitmore
Jay Wilson
Lucille Wilson
Billie Yarbo
Winnie Johnson
Wilma Kay
Tom Mclaughlin
12 of these 64 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 52 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
- Howard Dietz
- Choreographer
- Albertina Rasch
- Producer
- Max Gordon
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
- Broadway’s preeminent revue writers, Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz had another success with their revue Flying Colors (9/15/32; 181 performances). Their score included such wonderful tunes as “Alone Together,” “Fatal Fascination,” “Louisiana Hayride,” and “A Shine on Your Shoes.” Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 277
- In their fifth revue together, Schwartz and Dietz had a difficult time coming through with FLYING COLORS. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 270
- Between 1929 and 1948 they wrote songs for close to a dozen such shows, including The Little Show, Three's a Crowd, Flying Colors (1932), At Home Abroad, and Inside US.A. (1948). Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 242
- Although their 1932 revue Flying Colors wasn’t a hit, it managed to run almost two hundred performances and offered a number of memorable songs. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 74
- The madcap song about three babies who hate one another was first heard during the tryout of Flying Colors, where it was performed by Webb, Kelly, and Coca. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 234
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 Flying Colors at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.