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No, No, Nanette: The New 1925 Musical

No, No, Nanette

Shows · No, No, Nanette

Thanks to its worldwide reception, No, No, Nanette was probably the most popular musical of the Twenties. It was also the quintessential example of the kind of song-and-dance show of that period that was affectionately satirized in Sandy Wilson’s spoof, The Boy Friend. In the story, based on a 1919 play, My Lady Friends, Jimmy Smith (Charles Winninger), a married bible publisher and guardian of the play’s doubly admo…

Opened
1925
Performances
321
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Vincent YoumansLyrics: Irving CaesarBook: Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel

Productions2 on Broadway

1925 Globe Theatre Original. September 16, 1925 · H. H. Frazee 321 performances
1971 46th Street Theatre Revival. January 19, 1971 · Busby Berkeley 861 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 literature50 passages

Thanks to its worldwide reception, No, No, Nanette was probably the most popular musical of the Twenties. It was also the quintessential example of the kind of song-and-dance show of that period that was affectionately satirized in Sandy Wilson’s spoof, The Boy Friend. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p54

Vincent Youmans’ Hit the Deck! was second only to No, No, Nanette as the most popular of the composer’s 12 Broadway musicals. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p65

Donald Saddler won two Tony Awards for his choreography for Wonderful Town (1953) and the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p22

He appeared in early tryout performances of First Impressions (1959) and No, No, Nanette (1971), but was succeeded by Christopher Hewett and Jack Gilford, respectively. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p888

No, No, Nanette was produced and directed by H. H. Frazee, past owner of the Boston Red Sox. Frazee worked out a precedent-setting deal with his star, Louise Groody, who played the title character. She was the first star in Broadway history to receive a percentage of the box office in addition to a salary. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p597

Mary Lawlor was a pretty big star in her time. The titles of the shows in which she appeared give a sense of her talents: No, No, Nanette; Queen High; Cross My Heart; Hello, Daddy; You Said It—and Good News, of course. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p142

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