The run closed March 30, 1918
- Opened
- February 20, 1917
- Closed
- March 30, 1918
- Performances
- 463
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Princess Theatre
Of the 961 productions we hold that opened in the 1910s and record a performance count, this is the 9th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Oh, Boy! 1 more that season
| 1919 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it36 named
Austin Clark
Patrice Clark
Jeannette Cook
Louise Cook
David Douglass
Ethel Forde
Alden Glover Jr
Evelyn Grieg
Joseph Hadley
Augusta Haviland
Leo Howe
Kathryn Hurst
Lillian Lavonne
Clarence Lutz
Carl Lyle
Stephen Maley
Margaret Mason
Frank Mcginn
Florence Mcguire
Jack Merritt
Ralph O Brien
Kathryn Rahn
Lillian Rice
Marjorie Rolland
Anna Stone
Charles Yorkshire
10 of these 36 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 26 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
- Edward Royce, Robert Milton
- Choreographer
- Edward Royce
- Producer
- William Elliott & F. Ray Comstock
- Orchestrations
- by
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
- Leave It to Jane was originally scheduled to follow Oh, Boy! into the Princess but that show was doing so well that Jane was shifted to a larger house. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 39
- The Princess’ next show, Oh, Boy! (2/20/17; 463 performances), represented another step forward in the gradual evolution of a truly American musical that was distinct from the European operetta tradition. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 447
- Oh, Boy! represented the transition from the haphazard musicals of the past to the newer, more methodical modern musical comedy. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 237
- In Oh, Boy! (1917), for example, Kern and his collaborators combined a witty book with careful song placements. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 272
- One of the famed Princess Theatre musicals of the 1910s that Broadway historians look back on as significant steps in the integration of music and plot, Oh, Boy! was a smash hit that followed its 14-month run with a five-year tour. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 287
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 character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Oh, Boy! at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.