Productions1 on Broadway
| 1954 | 48th Street Theatre Original. September 13, 1954 · Uncredited | 24 performances |
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The program for Hayride included a glossary for the uninitiated, and thus provided definitions for various musical terms (a “hamburger swing” denoted a series of one-night personal appearance dates, a “chili dipper” was a ukulele or small guitar, and a “stomach Steinway” was an accordion). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p404
FIELDS FAMILY MEMBERS (although Herbert did not direct) for Mexican Hayride (1/28/44; 479 performances). It, too, was a crowd pleaser but not especially notable, save for the hit song, “I Love You.” June Havoc, Bobby Clark, and Wilbur Evans were the leads. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p190
Mexican Hayride (1/28/44; 481 performances) was another hit show for Porter; the show had a less-than-top-notch score, though “I Love You” became a big hit. Bobby Clark and June Havoc starred. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p439
Tim Carter “found no evidence for the quite persistent story that “[This Was] A Real Nice Clambake” in Carousel derives from a song (“This Was a Real Nice Hayride”) originally intended for Oklahoma!” (Tim Carter, “Oklahoma!” The Making of an American Musical, 285n23). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p662
Hayride was one such fixture that had played live and on radio in Richmond, Virginia, for a number of years. Its Broadway debut introduced old and new hillbilly and folk music–styled songs to New York. It lasted just three weeks, and in the intervening years there has been just one more similar revue, Broadway Opry ’79… book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p406
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