The run closed March 28, 1953
- Opened
- May 16, 1952
- Closed
- March 28, 1953
- Performances
- 365
- 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 81st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it8 named
R
Ronny Graham1919–1999
J
June Carroll1917–2004
V
Virginia de Luce—
8 of these 8 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
- John Murray Anderson, John, John Beal
- Choreographer
- Richard Barstow
- Producer
- Leonard Sillman
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
- Of the seven New Faces revues assembled by Leonard Sillman, the 1952 edition was the most admired, both for the talent of the performers and the cleverness of the writing. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 148
- Barstow, Richard New Faces of 1952 Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
- At least three performers in the musical later found themselves in other fantasy-musicals, all failures. Irwin Corey, who played the role of a pharmacist (who unwittingly prescribes the poison that the doctor administers to Larry), was later in Flahooley; Barbara Perry appeared in Rumple (and had earlier appeared in If… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 10
- Although no one knew it at the time, New Faces of 1952 was the last topical Broadway revue to be critically and financially successful. There would be more spoofs down the road (including three more editions of New Faces ), but none matched the success of the 1952 revue. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 260
- She was selected to be a New Face, and a few weeks later was back at the Forrest for the tryout of New Faces of 1952 , which emerged as one of the season’s happiest hits. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 267
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 New Faces Of 1952 at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.