The run closed December 17, 1960
- Opened
- November 11, 1958
- Closed
- December 17, 1960
- Performances
- 835
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 15th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it37 named
Michel Modo
Nicole Parent
Claude Perrin
Brigitte Peynaud
Mona Pivar
Mary Reynolds
The Royal Croquettes
Anna Stroppini
Genevieve Zanetti
Sheila Dee
Joan Fagan
Bette Graham
Evee Lynn
Mary Ann Niles
Frederick O Brady
Deirdre Ottewill
Sandra Roveta
Roger Saget
Pierre Tornade
Ruth Ann Ullom
17 of these 37 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 20 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 Dhery
- Choreographer
- Colette Brosset
- Producer
- David Merrick and Joseph Kipness (A Jack Hylton Production)
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.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
- In 1958, David Merrick closed Menotti's Maria Golovin after only five performances allegedly to make way for La Plume de Ma Tante, a revue that subsequently ran on Broadway for over two years. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 408
- “Queen of the Strip-Tease” (includes songs “La plume de ma tante” and “Not Another Inch, Monsieur!”) (Colette Brosset); The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 737
- La plume de ma tante originated in Paris, and then opened in London on November 3, 1955, at the Garrick Theatre. The New York edition of the comic revue was a long-running hit that played 835 performances, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical, and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Music… The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 738
- La Plume de Ma Tante 835 performances Opened November 11, 1958 Closed December 17, 1960 Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 457
- The musical field was enhanced by “Say, Darling,” “Flower Drum Song” and a delightful French revue “La Plume de Ma Tante.” A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860 1985 Blum, p. 363
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 La plume de ma tante at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.