The run closed October 5, 1929
- Opened
- July 2, 1929
- Closed
- October 5, 1929
- Performances
- 111
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Ziegfeld Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 510th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Show Girl 1 more that season
| 1961 | Revival Revival | 100 perf. |
Who was in it92 named
Florence Allen
Virginia Allen
Jean Althan
Selma Althan
Jane Barry
Betty Bassett
Marcia Bell
Eddee Belmont
Caryl Bergman
Hazel Boffinger
Dorothy Bow
Bobby Brodsley
Pamela Bryant
Orine Bryne
Edna Bunte
Emily Burton
Dorothy Carrigan
Peggy Carthew
Virginia Case
Lew Clayton
Blaine Cordner
Billie Cortez
Cleo Cullen
Dona Desne Curry
Gertrude Dahl
Dolores de Fina
Mildred Defina
Violet Dell
Katherine Downer
Doris Downes
Alma Drange
Sadie Duff
Kay English
Caja Eric
Austin Fairman
Noel Francis
Virginia Frank
Vera Frederick
Janet Gibbard
Dolores Grant
Viola Hage
Ruth Hayden
Althea Heinly
Kathryn Hereford
Maurine Holmes
Eddie Jackson
Andy Jochim
Agatha Johann
Juliette Jones
Mildred Klaw
Renee Landeau
Ada Landis
Camille Lanier
Ruth Love
Nick Lucas
Joseph Macauley
Mary Macdonald
Lottie Marcy
Doris May
Patricia Mcgrath
Frank Mchugh
Dorothy Morgan
Howard Morgan
Evelyn Nichols
Dore Nodine
Lucille O Connor
Pat O Keefe
Georgia Payne
Lois Peck
Leonia Pennington
Vivian Porter
Beatrice Powers
Dolores Ray
Louise Raymond
Dorothy Ryan
Blanche Satchell
Matthew Smith
Wanda Stevenson
Mildred Swunke
Calvin Thomas
Mildred Turner
Sunny van
Claire Wayne
Jean Wayne
Virginia Whitmore
Dorothy Stone
6 of these 92 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 86 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
- William Anthony McGuire
- Choreographer
- Albertina Rasch, Bobby Connolly
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
Al Jolson, who was married to star Ruby Keeler, famously sang 'Liza' from the audience during performances. The show featured Duke Ellington and His Orchestra playing on stage and included Gershwin's orchestral piece 'An American in Paris' as a ballet.
Show Girl opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City; 111 performances. The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin Gershwin Ira 1896 1983, p. 29
- the 1961 revue that starred Carol Channing; and the 1960 Off-Broadway production of Hedda Gabler ; and An Evening with Edith Piaff [sic] in Paris (filmed at the Olympia Theatre in Paris). Later pay-per-view offerings included From the Second City (as The Second City Revue ). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 35
- “Liza” (Show Girl, 1929; lyric by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, music by George Gershwin) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 529
- he suffered two enormous flops when the lavish Show Girl (1929) and Smiles expired after 111 and 63 respective performances and the London hit Bitter Sweet (1929) closed in New York after a run of less than five months. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 130
- The program stated there would be three more productions following the telecast of The Consul: Show Girl (the 1961 revue that starred Carol Channing); the 1960 Off-Broadway production of Hedda Gabler; and An Evening with Edith Piaff [sic] in Paris. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 35
- “Liza” (Show Girl, 1929; lyric by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, music by George Gershwin). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 532
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 Show Girl at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.