Productions2 on Broadway
| 1916 | Fulton Theatre Original. September 27, 1916 · Paul Dickey · predates this show | 77 performances |
| 1950 | 46th Street Theatre Revival. February 2, 1950 · Rouben Mamoulian | 134 performances |
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In the literature14 passages
The only previous Broadway musical dealing with the American Revolution was A Daughter of the Revolution in 1895. Later works concerned with the conflict were Virginia (1937), Arms and the Girl (1950), Ben Franklin in Paris (1964), and the most successful of all, 1776 (1969). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p72
With Arms and the Girl , Pearl Bailey continued her string of bravura performances in Broadway failures. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p31
Arms and the Girl (1950), Make a Wish, and Mr. President (1962) were disappointments. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p145
Arms and the Girl (1950), a musical version of the play The Pursuit of Happiness, was more successful, running for 134 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p200
Arms and the Girl, where Fabray, clowning alongside Pearl Bailey, made the most of her comic opportunities; and Make a Wish, where she played a young French girl alongside fellow flop-prone hoyden Helen Gallagher, and, although completely un-Gallic, wonderfully singing a delightful Hugh Martin score. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p57
The Guild was responsible for Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s first Broadway success, The Garrick Gaieties; Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s first collaboration, the groundbreaking Oklahoma!; as well as Porgy and Bess, Carousel, Bells Are Ringing, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Among the Guild’s other musical… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p276
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