The run closed January 16, 1932
- Opened
- June 3, 1931
- Closed
- January 16, 1932
- Performances
- 260
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- New Amsterdam Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 67th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it13 named
Adele Astaire
Helen Carrington
Tillie Losch
Francis Pierlot
Roberta Robinson
Jay Wilson
7 of these 13 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 6 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
- Hassard Short
- Choreographer
- Albertina Rasch
- Producer
- Max Gordon
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
it better be good, it better be worth the money” with the result that any attempt to upgrade the intelligence of the musical seems doomed to failure; to wit, Stephen Sondheim, who appears to be a prophet with sporadic profit in his own country.
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 5They weren’t.” He reported that the opening night audience “applauded the show as if they were seeing a combination of such superior diversions as the first Charlot’s Revue, the Scandals of 1926 and The Band Wagon. They weren’t.”
Speaker not recorded. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 239- Flying Colors flew in a direct line from The Little Show, Three’s a Crowd, and The Band Wagon. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 85
- Today, Fabray is most likely remembered by musical comedy lovers as one of the quartet who introduced Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz’s standard “That’s Entertainment” in MGM’s classic 1953 film musical The Band Wagon. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 28
- They followed that with another huge success for MGM, The Band Wagon (1953). The film was released after their next Broadway assignment, Wonderful Town, opened on February 25, 1953. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 133
- They collaborated on what is considered the greatest of all revues, The Band Wagon. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 154
- Howard Dietz suggested the use of the revolving stage as part of the staging, not just to change scenery while the curtain was down. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 59
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 The Band Wagon at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.