Productions1 on Broadway
| 1928 | Mansfield Theatre Original. April 26, 1928 · Alexander Leftwich | 155 performances |
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Fields opened his new theater on October 26, 1928, with Rodgers and Hart’s Present Arms (10/26/28; 147 performances), and followed it with the same team’s Chee-Chee (9/25/28; 32 performances). book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p109
For Hello Daddy! (12/26/28; 196 performances), Herbert wrote the libretto, father Lew produced and starred (in his last appearance on Broadway). book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p189
'‘Atlantic Blues’”—see PRESENT ARMS [April 26, 1928] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p190
That musical had a Navy motif; PRESENT ARMS! tried the Marines. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p196
*Atlantic Blues—see PRESENT ARMS [April 26, 1928] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p119
The revival interpolated two songs from other Rodgers and Hart shows, “You Took Advantage of Me” (Present Arms, 1928) and “A Lady Must Live” (America’s Sweetheart, 1931), both for the courtesans. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p544
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