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| 1937 | Imperial Theatre Original. February 4, 1937 · Hassard Short | 94 performances |
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Frederika, a musical by Dietz and Schwartz, showcased three bright British stars but ran for only 93 performances due to the distasteful bigamy theme. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p178
The operetta form was almost totally dead, but the Shuberts opened the Franz Lehar operetta Frederika (2/4/37; 94 performances) at the Imperial. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p277
In 1937, Jake produced his first show in years, Frederika, but the operetta closed after only 94 performances. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p510
LEHÁR, FRANZ (1870–1948). Composer of Viennese operetta whose The Merry Widow, when it first appeared in an English-language adaptation on Broadway in 1907, caused a huge sensation and reinvigorated American audiences’ interest in Viennese-style opéra comique. Other Lehár works to appear on Broadway (with the years of… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p226
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