Productions1 on Broadway
| 1927 | Belasco Theatre Original. April 25, 1927 · Alexander Leftwich | 352 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature3 passages
The plot of Follow the Fleet (1936), like that of The Gay Divorcée, is also loosely derived from a Broadway show, Hit the Deck! from 1927, with music by Vincent Youmans. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p199
The plot of Follow the Fleet (1936), like that of The Gay Divorcée , is also loosely derived from a Broadway show, Hit the Deck! from 1927, with music by Vincent Youmans (also the principal composer of the first of the Fred and Ginger films, Flying Down to Rio ). With The Gay Divorcée , at least one song was composed b… book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-to-sondheim-and-lloyd-web#p199
Youmans enjoyed little more than a decade of stage work, including two huge hits, Wildflower (1923) and Hit the Deck! (1927). book:anything-goes-a-history-of-american-musical-theatre-ethan-mordden#p137
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