Productions4 on Broadway
| 1940 | Ethel Barrymore Theatre Original. December 25, 1940 · George Abbott | 374 performances |
| 1952 | Broadhurst Theatre Revival. January 3, 1952 · Robert Alton | 540 performances |
| 1976 | Circle In The Square Theatre Revival. June 27, 1976 · Theodore Mann | 73 performances |
| 2008 | Studio 54 Revival. December 18, 2008 · Joe Mantello | 85 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 literature50 passages
The first stage production at the Broadway Theatre (on 53rd Street), The New Yorkers was something of a forerunner of Pal Joey in its amoral characters, cynical outlook, and flashy nightclub atmosphere. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p98
Early in the season, the short-running Music in the Air managed less than two months on Broadway, but was followed in early winter by the long-running hit Pal Joey. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p205
Incidentally, a few weeks after the opening of the original production, “Love Is My Friend” was dropped and with a new lyric was replaced by “What Is a Man?” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p223
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award (1951–1952): Best Musical (Pal Joey ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p226
Above: Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly in the "amoral" Pal Joey (1940). book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p301
Pal Joey, the latter with Bob Fosse as Joey and Carol Bruce as his mistress, Vera Simpson. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p319
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