The run closed June 6, 1931
- Opened
- October 15, 1930
- Closed
- June 6, 1931
- Performances
- 272
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- American Airlines Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 61st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Three’s a Crowd 1 more that season
| 1919 | Cort Theatre Original | 12 perf. |
Who was in it32 named
Helene Carson
Joan Clement
Aida Conkey
Marybeth Conoly
Wally Coyle
Rene du Plessis
Enes Early
Marguerite Eisele
Rose Gale
Dorothy Graham
Pat Hamill
Amelie Ideal
Allan Jones
Parcy Launders
Margaret Lee
Greta Lewis
Harold Moffet
Herb Montei
Dorissa Nelova
Gladys Page
Lorraine Power
Amy Revere
Josephine Roberts
Betty Travers
Lou Wood
7 of these 32 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 25 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
- Once the sponsors of The Second Little Show decided that the stars of the first Little Show — Clifton Webb, Fred Allen, and Libby Holman — would not be in their new revue, fledgling producer Max Gordon persuaded the trio to appear in his own revue. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 80
- 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
- 'The Moment I Saw You' (lyric by Howard Dietz and Newman)— also used in THREE’S A CROWD [October 15, 1931] Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 265
- “I Have No Words” was published two weeks before the Dietz lyric for the same music, “Something To Remember You By.” Although LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER opened after THREE’S A CROWD Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 268
- Toes” from THREE’S A CROWD [October 15, 1930]. Mary Martin had been discovered in LEAVE IT TO ME [Porter: November 9, 1938] and signed to a Hollywood contract. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 311
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 Three’s a Crowd at all.
- No show page for Three’s a Crowd. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.