The run closed October 30, 1920
- Opened
- February 2, 1920
- Closed
- October 30, 1920
- Performances
- 313
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Liberty Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 93rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it50 named
Geraldine Alexander
Agnes Allen
Phoebe Appleton
Marie Benedict
Angel Cansino
Eduardo Cansino
Janet Carleton
Irving Carpenter
Marie Cavanagh
Arline Chase
Cecile Conway
Evelyn Conway
Lillian Kemble Cooper
Peggy Craven
Lola Curtis
Daisy Daniels
Isabel Falconer
Mrs John Findlay
Gene Fleming
Babz Fowler
Helen Gates
Betty Hope Hale
Stella Hoban
Dorothy Hollis
Beatrice Hughes
Jack Hughes
Gordon Kyle
Lois Leigh
Mar Leroy
Paul Lester
Adah Lewis
Raymond Moore
Ralph O Brien
Evelyn Plumador
Marie Reagen
Frank Rowan
John Scannell
Lydia Scott
Mildred Sinclair
Daniel Sparks
Ernest Torrence
Kay Tudor
Bunny Wendell
Hansford Wilson
Irene Wilson
Patricia Clarke
4 of these 50 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 46 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
- Fred G. Latham
- Choreographer
- Ned Wayburn
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
The Night Boat (1920) is a musical in three acts, based on a farce by Alexandre Bisson, with a book and lyrics by Anne Caldwell and music by Jerome Kern. The story lampoons the notorious New York City-to-Albany night boat, on which clandestine romances were common. After out-of-town tryouts, the musical was produced on Broadway by Charles Dillingham, where it opened on February 2, 1920, at the Liberty Theatre under the direction of Fred G. Latham and Ned Wayburn, with music direction by Victor Baravalle. The Night Boat had a successful initial run of 313 performances, closing on October 30, 1920 and opening for a new run in Boston soon afterwards, followed by successful tours.
- Kern’s next show at the Liberty, The Night Boat (2/2/20; 318 performances), isn’t well remembered today, but the score he wrote with Anne Caldwell did contain two popular songs, “Whose Baby Are You?” and “Left All Alone Again Blues.” Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 318
- “Honeymoon Land”—cut; see THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 66
- “Chick! Chick! Chick!’’—cut; originally used in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] “The Lorelei” (lyric by Anne Caldwell)—originally used (cut/unpublished) in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 72
- *Look for the Silver Lining [lyric by B. G. DeSylva]—originally used (cut/unpublished) in ZIP, GOES A MILLION [December 8, 1919] The Lorelei [lyric by Anne Caldwell]— originally used (cut/unpublished) in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 52
- Whose baby are you? The Night Boat, 1920 The Best Musicals From Show Boat To A Chorus Line By Arthur Jackson Foreword By , p. 179
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.
- No recording is held for The Night Boat at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.