The run closed July 17, 1937
- Opened
- December 25, 1936
- Closed
- July 17, 1937
- Performances
- 237
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Winter Garden Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 82nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of The Show Is On 1 more that season
| 1937 | Winter Garden Theatre Return-Engagement · Vincente Minnelli | 17 perf. |
Who was in it46 named
Marion Allen
Gene Ashley
Hazel Boffinger
Kenneth Bostock
Mary Ann Carr
Andre Charise
Dorothy Daly
Doris Donaldson
Helen Ecklund
Hugh Ellsworth
Peggy Gallimore
Pearl Harris
Irene Kelly
Jerrie Koban
Jane Lane
June Mcnulty
Gertrude Medwin
Jean Moorehead
Marion Murray
Gifford Nash
Mortimer O Brien
Paul Owen
Mary Phillips
Mischa Pompianov
Harry Rogue
Polly Rose
Roy Campbell S Continentals
Richard Satterfield
Sherry Stuart
Evelyn Thawl
Williem van Loon
Mildred Webb
14 of these 46 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 32 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
- Vincente Minnelli, Edward Clark Lilley
- Choreographer
- Harry Losee, Robert Alton
- 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.
Around this production
237 performances Music mostly by Duke (see Arlen, Gershwin, Lane and Rodgers) Lyrics mostly by Ted Fetter Sketches mostly by David Freedman and Moss Hart Directed by Vincente Minnelli Produced by Lee Shubert With Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr Published song: ¢ ‘Now’ b] Additional song published in USO/Camp Shows “AT EASE” (Volume 4): “The Finale Marches On” (lyric by E. Y. Harburg and Fetter) Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 306
- 'Rhythm' (lyric by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers; from 1933 London revue Please! ; from 1936 New York revue The Show Is On ; and 1938 London revue Happy Returns ) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 277
- “The Star-Spangled Banner” (by Francis Scott Key; special version for Beatrice Lillie that was heard in 1936 revue The Show Is On and 1938 film Doctor Rhythm ) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 279
- a David Freedman revue, The Show Is On (12/25/36; 236 performances) Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 298
- “Rhythm’’—also used in THE SHOW IS ON [December 25, 1936] Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 201
- "His one Broadway song hit was “Little Old Lady” (lyric by Stanley Adams), interpolated into THE SHOW IS ON [Arlen, Duke, Gershwin, Rodgers, Schwartz: December 25, 1936]." Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 570
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 Show Is On at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.