The run closed May 5, 1951
- Opened
- December 21, 1950
- Closed
- May 5, 1951
- Performances
- 157
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- New Century Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 163rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it38 named
Doria Avila
Janet Collins
Richard Curry
Joan Engel
Nola Fairbanks
Eleanor Fairchild
Enid Hall
Joe Hill
Orrin Hill
George Jongeyans
Leo Kayeworth
B J Keating
Michael Kingsley
Jan Kovac
Eric Kristen
Joan Kruger
Paul Lyday
Lois Monroe
Barton Mumaw
David Nillo
Shirley Ann Prior
Peggy Rea
Jacqueline Sager
John Schickling
John Schmidt
Stanley Simmons
Gisella Svetlik
Barbara Weaver
10 of these 38 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 28 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
- Agnes de Mille
- Choreographer
- Hanya Holm
- Orchestrations
- Robert Russell Bennett
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
Out of This World is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. The show, an adaptation of Plautus's comedy Amphitryon, first opened on Broadway in 1950.
Out of This World opened on Broadway on 21 December 1950. As always, Porter invited a formidable number of his friends, including the former King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, to attend: Duke & Duchess of Windsor Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Miller Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wilson The Letters of Cole Porter Cole Porter Editor Cliff Eisen Editor Dominic Mchugh , p. 399
- OUT OF THIS WORLD was roundly attacked for questionable taste (verbal and visual). The uncredited George Abbott took over from de Mille, but the problems needed more than doctoring. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 257
- OUT OF THIS WORLD was also roundly attacked for questionable taste, verbal and visual. Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 159
- Among the musicals, the greatest hits were “Guys and Dolls” based on Damon Runyon stories, and “Call Me Madam” starring Ethel Merman. Other musicals seen included Gian-Carlo Menotti’s musical drama, “The Consul;” Charlotte Greenwood in “Out Of This World;” “Arms and the Girl” with Nanette Fabray; “Pardon Our French” wi… A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860 1985 Blum, p. 330
- Porter continued to work hard on Out of This World, corresponding with the actor David Wayne about his songs. Wayne was to have played Mercury but was ultimately replaced by William Redfield: The Letters of Cole Porter Cole Porter Editor Cliff Eisen Editor Dominic Mchugh , p. 381
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 Out of This World at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.