The run closed June 12, 1948
- Opened
- May 5, 1948
- Closed
- June 12, 1948
- Performances
- 46
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Nederlander Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 349th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it41 named
John Beggs
Gloria Benson
Bob Bernard
Janet Bethel
Tom Bowman
Robert Cadwallader
Penny Carroll
Douglas Chandler
Jack Claus
Margit Dekova
Robert Evans
John Kane
Martin Kraft
Helen Kramer
Sid Lawson
Scott Lewis
Vernon Lusby
Paul Lyday
Ada Lynne
Barbara Mccutcheon
Jet Mcdonald
Patrick Mcvey
Kathryne Mylroie
Paul Reed
Buddy Rogers
Douglas Rutherford
Elena Salamatova
Ruth Saville
Helena Schurgot
Bob Shawley
Frank Stevens
Yvonne Tibor
Helen Wenzel
Patricia Wymore
7 of these 41 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 34 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
- Robert E. Perry
- Choreographer
- Michael Kidd
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 is notable mainly for being one of the early Broadway choreography credits for Michael Kidd, who would go on to become one of Broadway's greatest choreographers with Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, and Li'l Abner.
- In addition, he was the vocal arranger and orchestrator for a number of Broadway musicals, and was also the musical director for such shows as Hold It! (1948), All for Love (1949), and Donnybrook! (1961). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 55
- In the late 1940s, he appeared in two Broadway musicals, Barefoot Boy with Cheek (1947; in which he played the role of Shyster Fiscal) and Hold It! (1948). The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 218
- Golden Age musicals: As the National: The Day before Spring, 11/22/45; Hold It!, 5/5/48; Courtin’ Time, 6/13/51; Maggie, 2/18/53. As the Billy Rose: A Family Affair, 1/27/62 The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre 1943 1965 Naden Corinne J Rowman Litt, p. 207
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 Hold It at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.