The run closed April 18, 1953
- Opened
- December 25, 1940
- Closed
- April 18, 1953
- Performances
- 374
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 85th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Pal Joey 3 more that season
| 1952 | Broadhurst Theatre Revival · Robert Alton | 540 perf. |
| 1976 | Circle In The Square Theatre Revival · Theodore Mann | 73 perf. |
| 2008 | Studio 54 Revival · Joe Mantello | 85 perf. |
Who was in it56 named
Claire Anderson
Adrian Anthony
John Benton
Milton Chisholm
John Clarke
Alice Craig
Janet Davis
Louise de Forrest
Clifford Dunstan
Enez Early
Jane Fraser
Tilda Getz
Charlene Harkins
Averell Harris
Henning Irgens
Frances Krell
James Lane
Janet Lavis
Howard Ledig
June Leroy
Michael Moore
Amarilla Morris
Robert J Mulligan
Olive Nicolson
Shirley Paige
Mildred Patterson
Dorothy Poplar
Nelson Rae
Albert Ruiz
Mildred Solly
Dummy Spelvin
Jeanne Trybom
Marie Vanneman
Jerry Whyte
Vincent York
Betty Lynn
Vivienne Allen
Anne Blair
Philip King
George Tapps
Norman van Emburgh
Ty Kearney
Doris Stuart
13 of these 56 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 43 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
- George Abbott
- Choreographer
- Robert Alton
- Producer
- George Abbott
- 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.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
The famous Brooks Atkinson review asked, "Can you draw sweet water from a foul well?" The 1952 revival proved you could, running even longer than the original.
- The first stage production at the Broadway Theatre (on 53rd Street), The New Yorkers was something of a forerunner of Pal Joey in its amoral characters, cynical outlook, and flashy nightclub atmosphere. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 98
- Early in the season, the short-running Music in the Air managed less than two months on Broadway, but was followed in early winter by the long-running hit Pal Joey. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 205
- Incidentally, a few weeks after the opening of the original production, “Love Is My Friend” was dropped and with a new lyric was replaced by “What Is a Man?” Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 223
- New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award (1951–1952): Best Musical (Pal Joey ) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 226
- Above: Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly in the "amoral" Pal Joey (1940). At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 301
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 Pal Joey at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.