Productions1 on Broadway
| 1930 | Apollo Theatre Original. March 3, 1930 · George White, Edward Clark Lilley | 357 performances |
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The fifth longest running musical of the Twenties, Good News! was the first of a quartet of breezy, youthful DeSylva, Brown and Henderson musical comedies that capitalized on popular sports, fads, occupations, and innovations. (The oth¬ er: Hold Everything!, Flying High, and Follow Thru.) book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p80
Most famous today as the show that Bert Lahr was unable to leave so he could play the role written for him in Girl Crazy, Flying High actually ran nearly three months longer than the Gershwins’ more famous show. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p151
DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson entered the book musical field with five hits in a row. Following FLYING HIGH [March 3, 1930], the team went to Hollywood—where DeSylva soon moved on to a pro- ducing career (see DUBARRY WAS A LADY [Porter: December 6, 1939]). book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p567
Hold Everything, Flying High, Hot-Cha!, and Life Begins at 8:40, but in their time, they elevated him to top of the musical comedy field. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p99
the four most popular musical comedy successes of the 1930s featured Gaxton, Lahr, Merman or Moore, usually in combination: Flying High (Lahr) book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p146
DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson produced their last New York show, Flying High. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p208
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