The run closed November 23, 1946
- Opened
- September 17, 1946
- Closed
- November 23, 1946
- Performances
- 79
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- New Century Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 267th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it64 named
James Andrews
Barbara Bailey
Phyllis Bateman
William Bauer
Lyza Baugher
Mardi Bayne
Donna Biroc
George Britton
Florence Brundage
Betty Brusher
Marydee Buscher
Jean Marie Caples
Kathleen Cartmill
Kaye Connor
Elaine Corbett
Dorothy Coulter
Beth Alba Cushing
George Dempsey
Edmund Dorsay
Ray Drakeley
Marietta Elliott
Dean Etmund
Betty Galavan
Mitzi Gerber
Jack Goode
Irene Hall
Max Hart
Florette Hillier
Bert Hillner
Elton Howard
William James
Dale Johnson
Judy Landon
Joan Larkin
Rosemary Leisen
Joseph Macauley
Suzette Meredith
Dani Nelson
Betty Orth
Bernice Saunders
Nelda Scarsella
Richard Scott
Robert Searles
Harvey Shahan
Patricia Sims
Betty Slade
Ray Smith
John Stamford
Maria Taweel
Val Valentinoff
Peggy Weakland
Doreen Wilson
Stanley Wolfe
Helen Wysatt
Beatrice Eden
Rem Olmsted
8 of these 64 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 56 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
- Edgar MacGregor
- Choreographer
- George Balanchine
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 show combined the scores of two Victor Herbert operettas, The Fortune Teller and The Serenade, adapted by Wright and Forrest. George Balanchine choreographed. Despite the distinguished pedigree, the show had only a modest run.
- In 1946, a Broadway musical, Gypsy Lady , combined this score with that of another Herbert-Smith work, The Serenade . Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 19
- In 1946, a Broadway musical, Gypsy Lady, combined this score with that of another Herbert-Smith work, The Serenade. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 30
- Gypsy Lady (1946—based on Victor Herbert’s melodies) and Anya (1965—Sergey Rachmaninoff), were unsuccessful. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 176
- Their best-known shows featured adaptations of famous melodies by earlier composers. These included Song of Norway (1944, Edvard Grieg), Gypsy Lady (1946, Victor Herbert), Kismet (1953, Alexander Borodin), and Anya (1964, Sergei Rachmaninoff). Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 419
- Cooper’s other musicals were the short-lived Gypsy Lady (1946), Make a Wish (1951), and The Carefree Heart (which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout in 1957). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, 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 Gypsy Lady at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.