Productions3 on Broadway
| 1978 | Longacre Theatre Original. May 9, 1978 · Richard Maltby Jr. | 1,604 performances · 1 Tony wins |
| 1979 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 1988 | Ambassador Theatre Revival. August 15, 1988 · Arthur Faria | 176 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Ain't Misbehavin' matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature2 passages
Ain't Misbehavin', ( 1978), and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(1978) were all Off Broadway or Off-OffBroadway transfers to Broadway that turned into runaway hits. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p552
Critics often cite Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) as the jukebox musical prototype. This revue used a catalogue of period songs associated with "Fats" Waller to re-create the performance styles of black artists of the Harlem Renaissance. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p679
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