The run dates incomplete
- Opened
- September 22, 1921
- Closed
- —
- Performances
- 440
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Music Box Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 37th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
No closing date. 5,632 of 13,459 productions have none, and at this distance that means the ending was never recorded rather than that the run went on.
Who was in it11 named
11 of these 11 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
- Hassard Short
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 September 22, 1921, the Music Box Theater opened with the Music Box Revue. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 382
“ITS . . . SUPERMAN” CABARET ZORBA COMPANY FOLLIES A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC CANDIDE (second) PACIFIC OVERTURES REX ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SWEENEY TODD MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG ON THE TOWN HIGH BUTTON SHOES LOOK, MA, ’M DANCIN! THAT’S THE TICKET! MISS LIBERTY CALL ME MADAM THE KING AND I TWO’S COMPANY THE PAJAMA GAME PETER P…
Speaker not recorded. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 645- On the night of April 30, 1922, Robert Benchley made his acting debut at the 49TH STREET THEATRE. He recited his Treasurer’s Report, a monologue he repeated in the Music Box Revue. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 33
- This show was a collaboration by members of the Round Table, and its success led to Benchley’s repeating his monologue in the Music Box Revue of 1923 and later in vaudeville. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 86
- The first edition of the Music Box Revue (9/22/21; 440 performances) had a cast that included Sam Bernard (who said of the new theater, “Tt stinks of class’’), the Brox Sisters, Florence Moore, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, and Berlin himself. As planned, it was the score that received the most acclaim. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 383
- They hit Broadway in 1922, as sketch comics in The Music Box Revue. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 57
- The Music Box Revue became famous for its opulent production numbers and spectacular stage effects. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 273
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 Music Box Revue at all.
- When it closed.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.