Productions1 on Broadway
| 1955 | Longacre Theatre Original. June 20, 1955 · Lew Kesler (sketches directed by Christopher Hewett) | 16 performances |
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In the literature8 passages
Instead of a traditional out-of-town tryout, the revue played a series of previews before facing the New York critics; once the reviews appeared, the show couldn’t hang on for more than two weeks. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p492
Almost Crazy) was here again satirized in “Arty” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p498
Like My Darlin’ Aida and Almost Crazy, Shinbone Alley was one of the decade’s few musicals to forgo an out-of-town tryout. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p625
“Mother’s Day” (lyric and music credited to Portia Nelson) had been performed in the 1955 revue Almost Crazy (where the lyric was credited to Joyce Geary and the music to Nelson). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p640
Like so many revues of the era, show business was the favorite satiric topic, and so Almost Crazy spoofed celebrities, television, the movies, and Broadway shows. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p495
Almost Crazy) was here again satirized in “Arty.” In fact, Marty was still being spoofed as late as 1960 when the Off-Broadway revue Darwin’s Theories managed to combine Marty and Room at the Top into the sketch “Marty’s Room at the Top” with James Coco in the title role. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p501
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