Productions2 on Broadway
| 1943 | Imperial Theatre Original. October 7, 1943 · Elia Kazan | 567 performances |
| 2001 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. August 8, 2001 |
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In the literature40 passages
Barber Kenny Baker slipping the ring on statue Mary Martin’s finger. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p145
Boles, John One Touch of Venus, 120 Bond, Ruth One Touch of Venus, 120 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353
Holly Golightly (Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s ), who saw One Touch of Venus . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p887
With Ethel Merman, Paula Laurence introduced “By the Mississinewah” in Cole Porter’s Something for the Boys (1943); and in Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus (also 1943) she introduced “Very, Very, Very” and the title song. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p888
One Touch of Venus was a triumph for Melissa Errico in the part Mary Martin originally played, and she was ably supported by Carol Woods, Andy Taylor, Marilyn Cooper, and Jane Krakowski. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p320
After this disappointment came the joy of a starring role in the Kurt WEILL and Ogden Nash musical One Touch of Venus (10/7/43; 567 performances). Martin appeared in the title role, a statue of the goddess that comes to life. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p358
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