The run closed January 3, 1942
- Opened
- October 30, 1940
- Closed
- January 3, 1942
- Performances
- 501
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Richard Rodgers Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 49th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it62 named
Irene Austin
Raymond Baine
Jack Baker
Mimi Berry
Janis Carter
Nancy Chaplin
Conchita
Hal Conklin
Kathlyn Coulter
Marrianne Cude
Ronnie Cunningham
Ted Daniels
Frank Deross
Vera Dean
Doris Dowling
Lipman Duckat
Miriam Franklyn
Nadine Gae
Roger Gerry
Anne Graham
Linda Griffith
Marguerite James
James Kelso
Pat Likely
Mary Mcdownell
Eppy Pearson
Jack Riley
Harry Rogue
Renee Russell
Elaine Shepard
Billy Skipper Jr
Art Stanley
Carl Trees
Don Weissmuller
Audrey Westphal
Patsy O Connor
Ann Barrett
Lynne Carter
Jane Churchill
Virginia Field
Charles King
Lucita
Red Marshall
Jan Richards
19 of these 62 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
- Edgar MacGregor
- Choreographer
- Robert Alton
- Producer
- B. G. DeSylva
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.
Recordings 1 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Panama Hattie, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr were back in Du Barry Was a Lady (12/6/39; 408 performances). Betty Grable, Charles Walters, and Benny Baker helped round out the cast in the Porter hit. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 438
- Panama Hattie was the last of the three-in-a-row hits produced by B.G. DeSylva. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 115
- Alton, Robert Anything Goes By Jupiter DuBarry Was a Lady Hooray for What! Leave It to Me! Life Begins at 8:40 Me and Juliet Panama Hattie Show Is On, The Too Many Girls Ziegfeld Follies Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
- Bremer, Lucille Panama Hattie, 111 Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 353
- The situation was somewhat similar to Herbert Fields and Buddy G. DeSylva’s book for Cole Porter’s 1940 musical Panama Hattie, in which the title character is romantically involved with a divorced man and has to win over his reluctant daughter. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 373
- Herbert, Porter, De Sylva, and Merman were reteamed for Panama Hattie (10/30/40; 501 performances), a formula musical that nevertheless gave Merman an attractive vehicle. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 189
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.
- Which of the 1 recordings of Panama Hattie document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.