The run closed March 29, 1924
- Opened
- February 7, 1923
- Closed
- March 29, 1924
- Performances
- 477
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Casino Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 31st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it41 named
Florence Ashton
Evelyn Cavanaugh
Viola Clarens
Elizabeth Coyle
Jerome Daley
James Doyle
Charles Froom
Frank Grinell
Muriel Harrison
Adele Hart
Agnes Horter
Robert Hurst
Charles Judels
Al Kinley
Louis Laub
Helen Lewis
Ursula Mack
Genevieve Markham
Beverly Maude
William Mcgurn
Myrtle Miller
Margaret Morris
Verona Oakley
Marie Otto
Marion Phillips
Paul Porter
Marion Randall
Martinez Randall
Kenneth Smith
Sybil Steward
Peggy Stohl
Emmy Tattersall
Marjorie Wood
Gladys Dore
Bernard Gorcey
Bobby Higgins
Viviene Russell
4 of these 41 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 37 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
- Oscar Eagle
- Choreographer
- David Bennett
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
Wildflower or The Wildflower (as styled on the sheet music), is a musical in three acts with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. The plot concerns a pretty Italian farmgirl, Nina, who has a fiery temper. She stands to inherit a fortune provided that she can keep her temper under control for six months. If she fails, the money goes to her cousin Bianca, who tries to provoke her. She manages to do it, and gets the money, as well as her man, Guido. Several of the songs were published, among which "Bambalina" and the title song were the most popular. The musical proved to be Day's last Broadway show before moving to London.…
- Hammerstein would have his first big hit in collaboration with Stothart and VINCENT YOUMANS. The show, Wildflower (2/7/23; 477 performances), had a book by Hammerstein and Otto Harbach. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 233
- Wildflower, an operetta that included the first orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, opens at the Casino Theater. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 18
- Arthur Hammerstein had met continued success teaming major composers with his house staff of Stothart, Harbach, and nephew Hammerstein for operettas (including WILDFLOWER [Youmans: February 7, 1923] and ROSE-MARIE [Friml: September 2, 1924]). Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 150
- As in WILDFLOWER [February 7, 1923], Youmans provided two smash hit songs, ‘““Tea For Two” and “I Want To Be Happy.” A stylish Broadway revival (May 16, 1973) played 861 performances. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 170
- Early success came via WILDFLOWER [February 7, 1923], a mild operetta with a difference: one highly syncopated song hit. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 178
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 Wildflower at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.