The run closed February 19, 1949
- Opened
- April 30, 1948
- Closed
- February 19, 1949
- Performances
- 399
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- New Century Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 78th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it50 named
Mary Lou Boyd
Beverlee Bozeman
Michael Charnley
Ronald Chetwood
Jacqueline Fisher
Court Fleming
Bob Hamilton
Robert Hamilton
Holly Harris
Jim Hawthorne
Alfred Homan
Pat Horn
Norma Larkin
William Lemassena
Mara Lynn
Dorothy Macneil
J C Mccord
Nanon Millis
John Mooney
Betty Nichols
Hilde Palmer
Albert Popwell
Richard Reed
George Reich
Thomas Reider
Ricky Riccardi
Michael Risk
Dorothy Scott
Sherry Shadburne
Raymond Stephens
Gloria Stevens
Xenia Bank
18 of these 50 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 32 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 H. Gordon
- Choreographer
- Helen Tamiris
- Producer
- Arthur Schwartz
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
- In 1948, Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz conducted a more limited revue tour, Inside U.S.A., which also starred Beatrice Lillie. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 96
- For decades, the revue had been a mainstay of the American musical theatre, but the years following World War II saw the genre’s last hurrah, with a few hits such as Call Me Mister (1946) and Inside U.S.A. (1948). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 14
- While Call Me Mister focused on World War II’s GIs returning to civilian life and Inside U.S.A. offered a sometimes skewed look at travel within the United States, Alive and Kicking had no discernible point of view and lacked an overall signature in its songs and sketches. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 15
- During the tryout of The Girl in Pink Tights, David Brooks was replaced by David Atkinson. The two are sometimes (understandably) confused, even among theatre buffs. Brooks created leading roles in Bloomer Girl (1944) and Brigadoon (1947), and introduced the standard “Almost Like Being in Love” in the latter. Atkinson… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 369
- Schwartz, reunited with Dietz, produced this sequel to AT HOME ABROAD [September 19, 1935]. INSIDE U.S.A. was formatted as a stateside travelogue, whereas the earlier show had an international motif. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 278
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 Inside U.S.A. at all.
- No show page for Inside U.S.A.. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.