The run closed March 29, 1919
- Opened
- February 14, 1918
- Closed
- March 29, 1919
- Performances
- 388
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Winter Garden Theatre
Of the 961 productions we hold that opened in the 1910s and record a performance count, this is the 23rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Sinbad 1 more that season
| 1905 | Murray Hill Theatre Original · Michael Heckert | 9 perf. |
Who was in it133 named
Roshanara
Jane Adams
Franklyn Baite
George Baker
May Belle
Doris Benham
Johnny Berkes
Molly Boulais
Rose Boulais
Virginia Fox Brooks
Dorothy Bruce
Dot Bryant
Milus Carpenter
Viola Clarens
Beatrice Cloak
Mabel Cloud
Hazel Cox
Lawrence D Orsay
Gertrude Doyle
Florence Elmore
Edgar Atchinson Ely
Constance Farber
Irene Farber
Margaret Ferguson
Flo Flandreaux
Ella Foster
Inez Francis
Eleanore Franke
Pearl Germond
Mattie Gormley
Frank Grace
Ona Hamilton
Rae Hartley
Van Buren Hartman
Frank Holmes
Kitty Holton
Mildred Kaye
Harry Kearley
John Kearney
Grace Keeshon
Mildred la Gue
Elsie Lamont
Grace Langdon
Jack Laughlin
Eleanor Leigh
Lois Leigh
Henry Levoy
Marie Lorillard
Charlotte Marmont
Billy Marr
Bob Mcclellan
Barbara Mccree
Vera Mercer
Irene Mitchell
Marion Mooney
Jean Morgan
Evangeline Murray
Edith Pierce
Lorrelda Poppanny
Peggy Purtell
Trixie Raymond
Yvette Reals
Jessie Reed
Gertrude Reynolds
Wade Riesemy
Beatrice Seymour
Billie Sheridan
Rheba Stewart
Marian Stokes
Mae Terresfield
Jean Thomas
George Thornton
Betty Touraine
Jean Troupman
Jean Troutman
Fay Tunis
Thelma Turnball
Alice van Ryker
Fritzi von Busing
Chandler Waldo
Richard Warner
Nora White
Edna Whitney
Isabel Whitney
Florence Wilde
Beth Young
Rita Zalmani
Ella Alexander
Myrtle Berch
Helen Boerl
Rebekah Cauble
Magda Dahl
Louise Dale
Phylis Dale
Robert Dale
Willard Davis
Elsie Froelich
Ada Fuld
Dorothy Godfrey
Helen Gormeley
Virginia Griffiths
Robert Gugh
Albert Hearn
Bess Hoban
Adelle Howe
Evelyn Lawler
Helen Link
Maurie Madison
George Mays
Mae Mcdermott
Joe Mcgurgan
Frank Mcmasters
Harry Mcmasters
Loretta Morgan
Poppy Morton
Eva Moynahan
Mary Palay
Matt Riordan
Edna Rochelle
Edna Russell
Rae Shirley
Jacques Stone
Peggy Thompson
Irene Wallace
Viola Watson
Elizabeth West
Billie Williams
6 of these 133 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 127 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
- J. C. Huffman
- Choreographer
- Jack Mason, Alexis Kosloff
- Producer
- Messrs. Shubert
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 4 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Sinbad, 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
New York run: Winter Garden, February 14, 1918; 388 p. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 53
- In 1918 Jolson took Broadway by storm in Sinbad, a fantastic musical in which he belted out some interpolated numbers that were forever identified with him: "My Mammy" (sung on the runway in blackface and white gloves), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody," and "Chloe.", At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 63
- Jolson then opened in Sinbad (2/14/18; 164 performances), another excuse to do his usual shtick. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 288
- JOLSON, AL (BORN ASA YOELSON, 1886–1950). Leading singer and actor of the early 20th century, Jolson starred in revues and musical comedies produced by the Shuberts. Billed as “The World’s Greatest Entertainer,” Jolson was the first Jewish actor to become a mainstream star in America. His trademark character was the se… Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 207
- “Swanee’’ (lyric by Irving Caesar)—also used in SINBAD [Circa December 1919] Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 134
- "Swanee" (lyrics by Irving Caesar) became his first big stage hit when Al Jolson interpolated it into Sinbad; and Gershwin's songwriting career took off. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 282
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.
- Which of the 4 recordings of Sinbad document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.