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| 1952 | Royale Theatre Original. May 16, 1952 · John Murray Anderson, John Beal | 365 performances |
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Of the seven New Faces revues assembled by Leonard Sillman, the 1952 edition was the most admired, both for the talent of the performers and the cleverness of the writing. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p148
Barstow, Richard New Faces of 1952 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
At least three performers in the musical later found themselves in other fantasy-musicals, all failures. Irwin Corey, who played the role of a pharmacist (who unwittingly prescribes the poison that the doctor administers to Larry), was later in Flahooley; Barbara Perry appeared in Rumple (and had earlier appeared in If… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p10
Although no one knew it at the time, New Faces of 1952 was the last topical Broadway revue to be critically and financially successful. There would be more spoofs down the road (including three more editions of New Faces ), but none matched the success of the 1952 revue. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p260
She was selected to be a New Face, and a few weeks later was back at the Forrest for the tryout of New Faces of 1952 , which emerged as one of the season’s happiest hits. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p267
Eddie Cantor (Carnegie Hall, March 21, 1950, limited engagement of one performance) This one-man show with Eddie Cantor was subtitled “My Forty Years in Show Business”; the legendary Broadway comic was accompanied by pianists George Tibboth and Arthur Siegel, the latter of whom composed music for a number of the era’s… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p879
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