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On Your Toes

On Your Toes

Shows · On Your Toes

On Your Toes made a star of rubberlegged dancer Ray Bolger, and it also gave George Balanchine his first opportunity to create dances for a book musical. Most important, it signaled a major breakthrough in form by utilizing ballet as an integral part of the story.

Opened
1936
Performances
315
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Lorenz HartBook: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart & George Abbott

Productions4 on Broadway

1936 Imperial Theatre Original. April 11, 1936 · Worthington Miner 315 performances
1937 Palace Theatre Transfer. February 5, 1937
1954 46th Street Theatre Revival. October 11, 1954 · George Balanchine 64 performances
1983 Virginia Theatre Revival. March 6, 1983 · George Balanchine 505 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available

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In the literature43 passages

There have been two revivals of On Your Toes on Broadway. In 1954, Abbott and Balanchine put together a production starring Bobby Van, Vera Zorina (she had appeared in the role of the ballerina in London and in the movie version), and Elaine Stritch (who played Peggy and sang the interpolated “You Took Advantage of Me”… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p102

After the disappointing 1954 revival, it seemed On Your Toes was relegated to fond memories of the 1936 production, “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” and the jaunty Rodgers and Hart songs. But the musical surprised everyone when it was revived on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre on March 6, 1983, and became a bigger hit tha… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p414

A major revival of On Your Toes, which opened at the Virginia Theater on March 6, 1983, was Abbott’s last Broadway success. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p27

RODGERS AND Hart’s On Your Toes (4/11/36; 318 performances) was the Imperial’s next musical offering. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p277

Vera Zorina, of On Your Toes, Irene Bordoni, and Carol Bruce starred along with two Imperial regulars, William Gaxton and Victor Moore. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p278

an excellent revival of RODGERS AND Hart’s On Your Toes (3/6/83; 505 performances); City of Angels (12/11/89; 879 performances), a musical by Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart, and David Zippel was another success. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p569

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