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Little Johnny Jones

Shows · Little Johnny Jones

Little Johnny Jones, Cohan’s third musical and his first hit, had an initial run of less than two months at the Liberty Theatre (now a movie house on 42nd Street west of Times Square). After extensive revisions during the road tour, the show returned to New York twice in 1905 for a total run of 20 weeks. The musical was prompted by a newspaper article about Tod Sloan, an American jockey then in England.

Opened
1904
Performances
52
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: George M. CohanLyrics: George M. CohanBook: George M. Cohan

Productions4 on Broadway

1904 Liberty Theatre Original. November 7, 1904 · George M. Cohan 52 performances
1905 New York Theatre Revival. January 23, 1905
1907 Academy Of Music Revival. April 22, 1907 16 performances
1982 Alvin Theatre Revival. March 21, 1982 · Gerald Gutierrez 1 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 literature27 passages

In 1982, a revival of Little Johnny Jones with Donny Osmond tarried but one night on Broadway. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p23

ends with his final Broadway triumph in 1937 playing President Roosevelt in I’d Rather Be Right, the only musical in which he appeared that he did not write himself. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p214

After Annie left the Alvin, the theatre had five musical failures in succession: Merrily We Roll Along, The Little Prince and the Aviator (which closed during previews), Little Johnny Jones, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p293

It was followed by Donny Osmond starring in a revival of George M. Cohan’s Little Johnny Jones. The show fared a little better than the Alvin’s previous tenant—but just barely. It closed on opening night, March 21, 1982. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p396

One of the highlights of the 1905 season was GEORGE M. Conan’s Little Johnny Jones, starring the author along with Donald Brian, William Seymour, and Truly Shattuck. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p408

All told, Little Johnny Jones played more than 240 performances on Broadway, a long run for the time. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p199

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