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| 1950 | Mark Hellinger Theatre Original. December 14, 1950 · John C. Wilson | 84 performances |
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the sketch “Meet the Authors” (the latter was also added to the Broadway production of Bless You All after its New York opening). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p16
Despite its large cast and lavish production values (and a huge initial investment of $230,000), Bless You All was yet another in the parade of the era’s luckless revues, and like Alive and Kicking , Dance Me a Song , Tickets, Please! , Michael Todd’s Peep Show , and Pardon Our French , it soon disappeared. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p105
Bless You All also tipped its hat to Charles Addams: Mary McCarty sang “Little Things Meant So Much to Me” as she bricked up her husband’s body inside the wall of their home. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p107
Bless You All was the third musical in three years in which Valerie Bettis walked away with rave notices. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p109
If the lavish Bless You All was one of the biggest and most expensive revues of its era, Razzle Dazzle was the tiniest. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p129
“You Never Know What Hit You (When It’s Love)’—also used in PRETTY PENNY [June 20, 1940] and BLESS YOU ALL book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p361
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