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| 1920 | Central Theatre Original. July 28, 1920 · Lew Fields | 119 performances |
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This was not their first professional show — that was Poor Little Ritz Girl in 1919 — but it did provide the stimulus for a partnership that lasted through 26 Broadway musicals until 1943. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p53
Fields continued his support of the young team with Poor Little Ritz Girl (7/27/20; 93 performances). Unfortunately, much of the team’s score was cut when the show was in its out-of-town tryouts, and new songs by Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber were added. Richard Rodgers was just 18 when the show opened on Broadway. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p187
One of its few hits was the Lew Fields production of Poor Little Ritz Girl; RODGERS AND Hart wrote their first Broadway score for the show. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p381
Romberg also wrote the music to Poor Little Ritz Girl (7/27/20) with Alex Gerber. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart had already written a complete score for the show while it was out of town prior to appearing on Broadway. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p474
The oddest of Rodgers and Hart's early efforts was the modestly successful Sigmund Romberg musical, The Poor Little Ritz Girl. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p121
The oddest of Rodgers and Hart’s early collaborations was the modestly successful Sigmund Romberg musical, The Poor Little Ritz Girl. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-uni#p121
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