Productions1 on Broadway
| 1940 | 46th Street Theatre Original. October 30, 1940 · Edgar MacGregor | 501 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature39 passages
Panama Hattie was the last of the three-in-a-row hits produced by B.G. DeSylva. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p115
Alton, Robert Anything Goes By Jupiter DuBarry Was a Lady Hooray for What! Leave It to Me! Life Begins at 8:40 Me and Juliet Panama Hattie Show Is On, The Too Many Girls Ziegfeld Follies book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
Bremer, Lucille Panama Hattie, 111 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353
The situation was somewhat similar to Herbert Fields and Buddy G. DeSylva’s book for Cole Porter’s 1940 musical Panama Hattie, in which the title character is romantically involved with a divorced man and has to win over his reluctant daughter. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p373
Herbert, Porter, De Sylva, and Merman were reteamed for Panama Hattie (10/30/40; 501 performances), a formula musical that nevertheless gave Merman an attractive vehicle. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p189
De Sylva convinced Merman and Porter to reteam for Panama Hattie (10/30/40; 501 performances), her first solo starring role. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p369
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