The run closed February 24, 1951
- Opened
- February 19, 1951
- Closed
- February 24, 1951
- Performances
- 8
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- The Arena
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 568th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it16 named
16 of these 16 names have a person record behind them and link to one. 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 Reveaux
- Choreographer
- Nelle Fisher, Jerry Ross
- Producer
- David Heilweil and Derrick Lynn-Thomas in association with Madeline Capp and Greer Johnson
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
In Razzle Dazzle , his book about Fosse, Kevin Grubb speaks of “a waitress he met while performing with Charles Grass in Springfield, Illinois. She was in her thirties, Fosse was fifteen. This affair lasted until her husband came back from overseas, where he was a serviceman during World War II, and accused his wife in…
Speaker not recorded. Broadway the Golden Years Jerome Robbins and the Great Long Robert Emmet New Yor, p. 157'The more we talked about him': Grubb, Razzle Dazzle, 8–9.
Speaker not recorded. Fosse Sam Wasson, p. 568'Joanie sounded off about Bob every time': Grubb, Razzle Dazzle, 33.
Speaker not recorded. Fosse Sam Wasson, p. 580- If the lavish Bless You All was one of the biggest and most expensive revues of its era, Razzle Dazzle was the tiniest. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 129
- Two numbers from Razzle Dazzle were later heard in Ben Bagley’s 1956 Off-Broadway revue Shoestring ’57, with a cast that included Dorothy Greener. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 131
- Grubb, Kevin Boyd. Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Work of Bob Fosse. New York: St. Martin’s, 1989. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1120
- Razzle dazzle Chicago, 1975 The Best Musicals From Show Boat To A Chorus Line By Arthur Jackson Foreword By , p. 175
- 'Razzle Dazzle' is a musical number in the show Chicago. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2011 To May 2012 Viagas Robert 8th Annual Ed, p. 75
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 Razzle Dazzle at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.