The run closed September 14, 1918
- Opened
- August 19, 1918
- Closed
- September 14, 1918
- Performances
- 32
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- New Century Theatre
Of the 961 productions we hold that opened in the 1910s and record a performance count, this is the 606th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it196 named
Mr Abbott
Mr Anderson
Ed Astroff
Mr Balling
Mr Barnett
J Barsalion
William Bauman
G Becker
Mr Bjornquist
Edward Bolles
Mr Bolton
Mr Borgraff
H Bowen
Mr Boyle
Mr Bragg
Mr Breen
Mr Brenna
Mr Brennan
Mr Brennick
Mr Breslin
Mr Breyer
A Brown
B Brown
D Brown
Edgar Bryde
Mr Buckley
Mr Burett
P J Burns
Mr Cahill
C Cahn
Mr Campbell
Mr Churchill
M Clark
Hughie Clarke
Mr Cline
Mr Colando
B Collins
Mr Conden
Mr Conway
Mr Cronin
Mr Cullen
Solly Cutner
William Dale
Mr Davison
Mr Degnan
Mr Deick
F Dematthews
Mr Dermody
Mr Dinan
Mr Donaldson
Mr Downey
Mr Ellis
Mr Epstein
Mr Ewell
Jack Farley
Matt Feiber
Mr Feilberman
Mr Ferreriar
Mr Fitzpatrick
Mr Francois
Mr Frederich
Howard Friend
Mr Frost
Mr Garblick
Mr Gaulen
Louis Gaut
Mr Gedney
Milt Geiber
Mr Gigli
Mr Gillen
Mr Gilman
Mr Ginsberg
Mr Glander
Mr Gold
Mr Goldoff
Mr Golenski
Mr Gorman
Mr Gray
Harry Green
Mr Grey
Mr Grossman
Mr Haggerty
F Hamburger
Mr Hayes
Mr Heim
Mr Herman
Bob Higgins
Mr Hill
Charles Holly
Mr Jacobs
Mr Johnson
Mr Johnston
Mr Jonas
Mr Jorgas
Mr Jorn
Mr Kader
Mr Karsch
E Kelly
J Kelly
Jack Kelly
Joe Kelly
Kuy Kendall
Mr Kime
Mr Kline
Mr Kouch
Mr Kruger
Mr Kubler
Mr Lagleur
Mr Langdon
Mr Lederer
Bennie Leonard
L Lohr
Mr Long
Mr Lynch
Mr Lyons
Mr Mahoney
Charles Mantia
B Marcus
J O Martin
Mr Mathias
Paul Mcallister
Mr Mccrystal
Mr Mcenaney
Mr Mcguiness
Mr Mcmahan
J J Mcnamara
Mr Mcneil
Mr Meidel
Mr Meyers
D Miglinio
Mr Miglion
Mr Miller
Mr Mintz
Mr Mitchell
Mr Moffat
J Moran
Mr Mullins
Mr Murphy
Mr Murray
Mr Nacht
Mr Nelson
Mr Nelve
Gordon R Newman
J O Brien
J A O Brien
W O Brien
Peter O Neill
Mr Orlando
Mr Osterweil
Mr Pakulski
Mr Patton
Mr Phillips
Mr Podmar
Mr Randal
Mr Reidler
James Reilly
Mr Reiss
Mr Richard
Mr Robinson
Mr Rosenberg
Mr Rosenblum
Mr Rosenthal
Mr Rothang
J Rothaug
Mr Scarpellas
Mr Scheedy
Mr Schlomchug
Mr Schonfeld
Mr Schor
Mr Schreenan
Mr Schwimmer
Mr Seigel
Mr Sheridan
Mr Snyder
Mr Stark
Mr Stefin
Mr Stengel
Mr Stenworth
Mr Stover
Mr Strohm
Mr Syester
Mr Talbot
Mr Tassimero
Mr Turner
Mr Walderman
Mr Walsh
Mr Ward
Mr Weissberg
Mr Welch
J White
Mr Woodward
Mr York
4 of these 196 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 192 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
- William Smith
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
Yip Yip Yaphank is a 1918 musical revue by Irving Berlin. He wrote and produced the show during World War I, after he was drafted into the United States Army and was serving in 152nd Depot Brigade at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York. The military revue was performed by the soldiers of Camp Upton. It moved to Broadway after a brief tryout at the camp.
The song appeared in an all-soldier revue, Yip Yip Yaphank (8/19/18), which also featured another big hit, “Mandy.” Also written for the show but unused was “God Bless America.” It wasn’t heard until Kate Smith introduced it in 1939. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 88
- Having already written songs for the all-soldier show, Yip Yip Yaphank, during World War I, Irving Berlin followed up with songs for the all-soldier show, This is the Army, during World War II. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 118
- Composer Irving Berlin also starred, and he reprised “Oh, How I Hate to Get up in the Morning,” which he first sang in Yip Yip Yaphank (8/19/18). Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 108
- In 1917, Berlin enlisted in the army during World War I and staged a musical revue, Yip Yip Yaphank. The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre 1943 1965 Naden Corinne J Rowman Litt, p. 23
- so the footlights weren’t exactly strange to him when he next appeared in Yip Yip Yaphank during World War I, the first Music Box Revue (1921), and This Is The Army (1942). Revue A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period Baral Robert Author 1st E, p. 154
- Yip Yip Yaphank evolved during his hitch in the United States Army as a ser¬ regiment—he penned nine songs, including “Mandy” which went into the Ziegfeld Fol¬ lies of 1919, and “Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning” (Gene Buck said this number was not sung in the series, but cover credit includes the Ziegfeld listi… Revue A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period Baral Robert Author 1st E, p. 155
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 Yip Yip Yaphank at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.