Productions2 on Broadway
| 1931 | Music Box Original. December 26, 1931 · George S. Kaufman | 441 performances |
| 1952 | Ziegfeld Theatre Revival. May 5, 1952 · Jack Donohue | 72 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature45 passages
The work, however, was considered not quite up to the satirical standards set by Of Thee I Sing, with which it was most frequently compared. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p105
After a disastrous tryout in Boston, however, the plot was largely discarded as Clark leered, pranced, chased Amazonian show girls, blew soap bubbles out of a trumpet, masqueraded as a female barber, and, without looking, tossed his hat clear across the stage and onto a hatrack. During the run, Fran Warren replaced Bet… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p138
The Gershwin brothers, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind had led the way with Strike Up the Band and Of Thee I Sing, and now it was the turn of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart (with Kaufman joining the project as director). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p103
Victor Moore played a Vice President in Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake, before his role as Senator Oliver P. Loganberry. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p134
initially the production was planned as a political satire in the tradition of Of Thee I Sing. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p163
Tickets, Please! marked the last time they performed together; she never again appeared on Broadway, and he was seen in just one more musical, the 1952 revival of Of Thee I Sing (1931); Victor Moore had been slated to re-create his role of Throttlebottom for the revival, but when he wasn’t available, Hartman stepped in… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p52
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