Productions1 on Broadway
| 1953 | Mark Hellinger Theatre Original. February 11, 1953 · David Alexander | 190 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature17 passages
Hazel Flagg ran five months on Broadway, which wasn’t long enough to earn back its investment. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p296
The reviewer also noted Adele had “one of the loudest and brassiest” scores since Hazel Flagg . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p548
'The Frenchman’s Paree’ were deleted. ‘Surprise’ was followed by an elaborate dance sequence titled ‘The Surprise Ballet,’ and featured Jacquelyn McKeever, Tony Randall, the dancing ensemble, and dancer John Brascia (in the role of the couturier; he had appeared in Hazel Flagg book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p683
Hazel Flagg (2/11/53; 190 performances), a new Jule Styne musical, had lyrics by Bob Hilliard and a libretto by Ben Hecht based on his screenplay Nothing Sacred. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p355
The show was a disappointment despite a fine performance by Helen Gallagher. “Every Street’s a Boulevard (in Old New York)” achieved some fame. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p538
Replacing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hazel Flagg (when Benay Venuta vacated during its summer hiatus), she next appeared on Broadway in Plain and Fancy (1955), winning laughs with the song “City Mouse, Country Mouse.” book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p202
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