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By Jupiter

By Jupiter

Shows · By Jupiter

Because of its ancient Greek characters and its Asia Minor setting, By Jupiter was something of a successor to the previous Rodgers and Hart hit, The Boys from Syracuse. The new work, which tried out in Boston under the title All’s Fair, was based on the 1932 play, The Warrior’s Husband, in which Katharine Hepburn had first attracted notice.

Opened
1942
Performances
427
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Lorenz HartBook: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Productions1 on Broadway

1942 Shubert Theatre Original. June 3, 1942 · Joshua Logan 427 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available

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In the literature27 passages

In 1967, an Off-Broadway revival of By Jupiter ran for 118 performances. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p118

By Jupiter, which remained the longest on Broadway of any Rodgers and Hart musical during the team’s partnership, was the last original show they wrote together. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p140

Rumor says he was behind the deletion of another splendid song from another “Jupiter” musical: “Wait Till You See Her” was removed from By Jupiter (1942) just prior to the show’s New York opening night book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p116

In 1942, By Jupiter topped out as their longest running show, with 427 performances. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p222

The show opened at the Shubert Theater. It might have been their greatest success but for the fact that Ray Bolger, the star, quit to entertain troops overseas. It achieved the longest run of any Rodgers and Hart show until the revival of Pal Joey. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p472

Rodgers and Hart’s By Jupiter (6/3/42; 427 performances), their last full score, opened with Ray Bolger, Ronald Graham, Benay Venuta, and Vera-Ellen. The musical, sadly, contains one of the team’s most neglected scores. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p502

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