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Betsy

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Shows · Betsy

Betsy Burke is a young woman from the Lower East Side of New York whose ambitious family wants her to marry well and rise in society. But Betsy has her own ideas about love and follows her heart instead of her family's plans, pursuing a romance that takes her through a series of comic misadventures in and around the colorful neighborhoods of Manhattan.

Opened
1926
Performances
39
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Lorenz HartBook: Irving Caesar, David Freedman

Productions2 on Broadway

1911 Herald Square Theatre Original. December 11, 1911 · Edward Elsner · predates this show 32 performances
1926 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival. December 28, 1926 · William Anthony McGuire 39 performances

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In the literature14 passages

The show was the fourth of five Rodgers and Hart musicals that were presented on Broadway during 1926; the fifth, Betsy, opened just one night after Peggy-Ann. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p78

Berlin’s next smash hit song was contributed to the musical Betsy (12/28/26; 39 performances); the song was “Blue Skies.” He returned to the Ziegfeld Follies in 1927 with a score that included “Shaking the Blues Away,” sung by Ruth Etting. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p89

BETSY December 28, 1926 New Amsterdam Theatre 39 performances Music mostly by Rodgers (see Berlin) Lyrics mostly by Lorenz Hart book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p23

'Sing’—originally used in BETSY [December 28, 1926]; also used in LADY LUCK [April 27, 1927] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p197

Hart's next show. Betsy. opened the day after Show Boat. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p86

'You Took Advantage Of Me,’ a distant relative of ‘You’re The Mother Type’ from BETSY [December 28, 1926]. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p196

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