Productions2 on Broadway
| 1927 | Empire Theatre Original. September 5, 1927 · Campbell Gullan · predates this show | 72 performances |
| 1965 | 46th Street Theatre Revival. October 4, 1965 · Peter Coe | 56 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 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.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature8 passages
David Merrick’s twin 1965 imports Roar of the Greasepaint (232 perfs) and Pickwick (with an astoundingly low 56). The producer recouped costs on both during extensive pre-Broadway tours, a trick he learned with his 1963 Oliver! book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p38
The musical was intended to follow the success of Oliver!, which it did not. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p131
Golden Age musicals: As the 46th Street: Finian’s Rainbow, 1/10/47; Love Life, 10/7/48; Guys and Dolls, 11/10/50; Damn Yankees, 5/5/55; New Girl in Town, 5/14/57; Redhead, 2/5/59; Tenderloin, 10/17/60; Donnybrook!, 5/18/61; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, 10/14/61; Do I Hear a Waltz?, 3/18/65; Pickwic… book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p209
Noteworthy musicals included “Baker Street,” “Half A Sixpence,” “Pickwick,” “Do I Hear A Waltz?,” “The Roar of The Greasepaint—The Smell of The Crowd,” “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,” “Flora, The Red Menace,” and ‘‘Skyscraper.” book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p387
British dramatist, Stanley Young, had four unsuccessful plays produced on Broadway: Robin Landing (1937), Bright Rebel (1938), Ask My Friend Sandy (1943), and a dreary Dickens adaptation, Mr. Pickwick, in 1952. book:broadway-bound-a-guide-to-shows-that-died-aborning#p278
Dickens’ Pickwick Papers and fronted by Harry Secombe as the egg-shaped hero. Both would go on to Broadway. Halfa Sixpence lingered; Pickwick was sent home. book:west-end-broadway-the-golden-age-of-the-american-musical-adrian-wright-boydell-b#p223
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