Productions3 on Broadway
| 1869 | Waverley Theatre Original. April 28, 1869 · predates this show | 12 performances |
| 1870 | Woods Museum And Metropolitan Revival. November 14, 1870 · James Barnes · predates this show | 49 performances |
| 1928 | Music Box Theatre Revival. October 8, 1928 · W.H. Gilmore | 195 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 2 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
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In the literature41 passages
The action takes place in and around Paris in 1906. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p622
The smash hit from the show was “April in Paris.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p496
while Ben Franklin in Paris was a personal triumph, it was only a modest success. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p223
Although his first success, Paris, would not arrive for another twelve years, Porte book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p70
When the following year Rodgers and Hart were preoccupied with A Connecticut Yankee, Porter was easily persuaded to leave Europe and bring Paris to New York. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p71
“Let’s Misbehave” (Reno/Sir Evelyn) (written for Paris but replaced before the New York opening by “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love”) book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p585
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