The run closed December 4, 1954
- Opened
- April 11, 1936
- Closed
- December 4, 1954
- Performances
- 315
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 43rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of On Your Toes 3 more that season
| 1937 | Palace Theatre Transfer | |
| 1954 | 46th Street Theatre Revival · George Balanchine | 64 perf. |
| 1983 | Virginia Theatre Revival · George Balanchine | 505 perf. |
Who was in it58 named
William Baker
Libby Bennett
May Block
Edward Brinkman
William Broder
Jill Christie
Fred Danieli
Nick Dennis
Dorothy Denton
Henry Dick
Enes Earley
Eleanor Fiata
Marjorie Fisher
Robert H Forsythe
Gloria Franklin
Basil Galahoff
Dorothy Hall
Ethel Hampton
Harold Haskin
Harold Haskins
Dave Jones
Grace Kaye
Tyrone Kearney
Joan Keena
Isabelle Kimpal
Betty Lee
Bob Long
Gertrude Magee
Russ Milton
Marie Monnig
Frances Nevins
Mae Noble
Harry Peterson
Jack Quinn
Carole Renwick
Patsy Schenck
Ursula Seiler
Betty Jane Smith
Guy Stanion
Drucilla Strain
Valery Streshnev
Dorothy Thomas
Beau Tilden
William Wadsworth
Davenie Watson
Amy Weber
Alma Wertley
George Young
10 of these 58 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 48 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
- Worthington Miner
- Choreographer
- George Balanchine
- Producer
- Dwight Deere Wiman
- Orchestrations
- Hans Spialek
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
Balanchine\'s "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" is considered the first modern story ballet created for a Broadway show, predating Agnes de Mille\'s Oklahoma! dream ballet by seven years.
- There have been two revivals of On Your Toes on Broadway. In 1954, Abbott and Balanchine put together a production starring Bobby Van, Vera Zorina (she had appeared in the role of the ballerina in London and in the movie version), and Elaine Stritch (who played Peggy and sang the interpolated “You Took Advantage of Me”… Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 102
- After the disappointing 1954 revival, it seemed On Your Toes was relegated to fond memories of the 1936 production, “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” and the jaunty Rodgers and Hart songs. But the musical surprised everyone when it was revived on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre on March 6, 1983, and became a bigger hit tha… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 414
- A major revival of On Your Toes, which opened at the Virginia Theater on March 6, 1983, was Abbott’s last Broadway success. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 27
- RODGERS AND Hart’s On Your Toes (4/11/36; 318 performances) was the Imperial’s next musical offering. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 277
- Vera Zorina, of On Your Toes, Irene Bordoni, and Carol Bruce starred along with two Imperial regulars, William Gaxton and Victor Moore. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 278
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 On Your Toes at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.