The run closed January 3, 1970
- Opened
- October 23, 1969
- Closed
- January 3, 1970
- Performances
- 84
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Winter Garden Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 214th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it47 named
John D Anthony
Andy Bew
Steven Boockvor
Cindi Bulak
Dorothy Claire
Carol Conte
Nancy Dalton
Andrea Duda
Gini Eastwood
Paul Forrest
Gary Gendell
Barbara Gregory
William Griffis
Peggy Hewett
Del Horstmann
Scott Hunter
Ben Laney
Henry Lawrence
Mary Louise
Sandi Mccreadie
Joseph Mcgrath
Saundra Mcpherson
Sally Neal
Frank Newell
Carl Nicholas
Harold Pierson
Eileen Shannon
Stanley Simmonds
Claire Theiss
Evan Thompson
Monica Tiller
Pat Trott
Roberta Vatske
Dwight Weist
13 of these 47 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
- Joseph Hardy
- Choreographer
- Peter Gennaro
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
After terrible reviews, the producers took out quoteless ads advertising the show as "The People's Choice." But the advance sale disappeared after three months, and Jimmy, dropping about $1 million, became one of the most expensive flops of its day.
"When I heard about the Astor, I thought it was a shame. My suite looked up Broadway and you could see the names going up and down on the theaters. Today that’s all motion picture theaters. It ain’t the same anymore." Jimmy Durante said.
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 60- r, who returned to Broadway after an absence of over 41 years to play the part of Sue Smith, Jimmy’s wife. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 56
- it includes such events as his enlistment in the Air Force, his first race for mayor against the unbeatable James J. Walker (who was himself the subject of a 1969 musical Jimmy, with Frank Gorshin in the title part) Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 181
- the evening also offered a three-man musical group (The Jimmy Giuffre 3), an eight-person singing group (The Folk Singers), and Anneliese Widman, a solo dancer. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 710
- There have been two other tributes to New York mayors, the Broadway musical Jimmy (1968; James J. Walker) and the revue-like Off-Broadway Mayor (1985; Edward I. Koch). Although Fiorello! offered a salute to Walker with “Gentleman Jimmy,” Jimmy didn’t return the compliment with a song about the Little Flower. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 844
- Following Lightnin’, Erlanger purchased the Gaiety, but it then housed a string of failures: The Wheel (8/29/21; 49 performances), a revival of Alias Jimmy Valentine (12/8/21; 46 performances), and Madeleine and the Movies (3/6/22; 80 performances). Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 202
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 Jimmy at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.