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Florodora

Shows · Florodora

Next to the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, Florodora was the most successful early British import staged in New York, even exceeding the original London run of 455 performances. The highlight of the show was the appearance of the dainty, parasol-twirling Florodora Sextette who, with six male partners, introduced the coquettish number, “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden.” In the plotty plot, Florodora is both the name of an…

Opened
1900
Performances
553
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Leslie StuartLyrics: Leslie Stuart, Paul Rubens, Frank ClementBook: Owen Hall

Productions2 on Broadway

1900 Casino Theatre Original. November 12, 1900 · Lewis Hopper & Willie Edouin 553 performances
1920 Century Theatre Revival. April 5, 1920 · Lewis Morton 150 performances

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Next to the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, Florodora was the most successful early British import staged in New York, even exceeding the original London run of 455 performances. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p20

In October the smash hit show Florodora moved from the CAsINo THEATRE to finish its run. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p408

For example, Florodora (London, 1899; New York, 1900), with its showstopping \"Sextctte\" (actually six women and their male counterparts: \"Tell me, pretty maiden, are Together with their suitors, six\") book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p159

And so there were winks at Earl Carroll, Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Buchanan, and Broadway producers as well as spoofs of Othello and Florodora. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p72

Along the way, Broadway Joe and the audience meet a virtual Who’s Who of the era, including Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, Anna Held, John L. Sullivan, and Steve Brody, and everyone gets to enjoy “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” from the era’s hit show Florodora (which opened in London in 1899 for 455 showings and in New… book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p302

By this time, theatregoers were paying up to $2.00 a performance. Florodora, about lovely ladies and handsome gentlemen in the Philippines, ran for 553 performances. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p21

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