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| 1921 | Music Box Theatre Original. September 22, 1921 · Hassard Short | 440 performances |
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On the night of April 30, 1922, Robert Benchley made his acting debut at the 49TH STREET THEATRE. He recited his Treasurer’s Report, a monologue he repeated in the Music Box Revue. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p33
This show was a collaboration by members of the Round Table, and its success led to Benchley’s repeating his monologue in the Music Box Revue of 1923 and later in vaudeville. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p86
The first edition of the Music Box Revue (9/22/21; 440 performances) had a cast that included Sam Bernard (who said of the new theater, “Tt stinks of class’’), the Brox Sisters, Florence Moore, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, and Berlin himself. As planned, it was the score that received the most acclaim. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p383
They hit Broadway in 1922, as sketch comics in The Music Box Revue. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p57
The Music Box Revue became famous for its opulent production numbers and spectacular stage effects. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p273
Alice in Wonderland |⌅|—different than song from MUSIC BOX REVUE [4th] [December 1, 1924] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p72
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