The run closed January 7, 1950
- Opened
- January 6, 1950
- Closed
- January 7, 1950
- Performances
- 3
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Coronet Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 682nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
This is a New York theatre, and the address on this record is right. Its architect, capacity, history and coordinates were taken from a different theatre of the same name in London, so we are not showing them. Reported to broadway-data as issue #97.
Who was in it15 named
15 of these 15 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
- Burgess Meredith
- Choreographer
- Anna Sokolow
- Producer
- Leonard Sillman
- Orchestrations
- Rudolph Goehr, Charles Cook
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
On April 5, 1961, a revised version of the straight play Happy as Larry opened Off Broadway at the Martinique Theatre for eight performances. Billed as “a play,” the Irish Players’ production included music by Brendan Burke. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 10
- Happy as Larry began life as an unproduced verse play that was published in 1946, and was later staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and then in London for almost a year’s run. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 7
- Happy as Larry was clearly a labor of love for Burgess Meredith, who gave a number of backers’ auditions in order to raise capital for the musical, and who starred in (and directed) the short-lived Broadway production. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 8
- The musical had two distinctions: it was the first to open on Broadway in the 1950s, and along with Portofino was the decade’s shortest-running musical, chalking up just three performances. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 8
- (Happy as Larry was tied with Portofino as the shortest running musical of the decade, each running three performances.) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 30
- Happy as Larry (1950, 3 performances). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 264
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 Happy as Larry at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.