Productions2 on Broadway
| 1911 | Hippodrome Theatre Original. September 2, 1911 · William J. Wilson · predates this show | 445 performances |
| 1946 | Adelphi Theatre Revival. May 31, 1946 · Orson Welles | 75 performances |
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In the literature15 passages
the public decided Porter’s career was over, but he returned after a two-year absence from Broadway with his greatest work, Kiss Me, Kate. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p23
AROUND THE WORLD was Porter’s biggest flop, losing a record $300,000 in a day when a big musical could be produced for $100,000. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p254
His subsequent Broadway scores for Mexican Hayride, Seven Lively Arts and Around the World in 80 Days had not been heard in London, and it seemed as if the quality of these was far distant from that of his earlier works. book:west-end-broadway-the-golden-age-of-the-american-musical-in-london-adrian-wright#p93
The list of Shubert productions at the Hippodrome included: Around the World (1911) —445 performances. book:revue-a-nostalgic-reprise-of-the-great-broadway-period-baral-robert-author-1st-e#p26
Around the World in Eighty Days, 312 book:broadway-atkinson-brooks-1894-1984-rev-ed-new-york-new-york-state-1990-new-york-#p556
Bad Tuesday—Around the World Mary Poppins, Ch. 6, “Bad Tuesday” book:sondheim-in-our-time-and-his-w-anthony-sheppard-editor-oxford-university-press-u#p61
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