Productions1 on Broadway
| 1924 | Imperial Theatre Original. September 2, 1924 · Paul Dickey | 557 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature29 passages
The fact that the story deals with a murder was considered something of a novelty for a musical as was the conscientious effort, though it was not entirely successful, to integrate the musical pieces into the story. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p51
The musical was a hit in London, opening at His Majesty’s Theatre on May 19, 1933, for 275 performances and starring Mary Ellis, Broadway’s original Rose-Marie. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p206
In September 1924 this theatre housed one of its most celebrated shows, the Rudolf Friml operetta Rose-Marie, with a book by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. According to Gerald Bordman in American Musical Theatre, this musical was "not only the biggest hit of the season, but the biggest grosser of the decade." M… book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p175
Hammerstein, who still believed in Friml, paired him with his nephew Oscar for Rose-Marie (9/2/24; 581 performances). Herbert Stothart also contributed music to the operetta. Mary Ellis played the title role, and operetta favorite Dennis King played her lover. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p196
Rose-Marie wasn’t an entirely integrated work—Hammerstein’s later Show Boat came much closer to this ideal—but it was another step on the road to a truly American operetta, a form that had its greatest success with Oklahoma! The critics didn’t fully agree with Hammerstein when he wrote, “The revolution in musical comed… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p198
Rose-Marie (9/2/24; 581 performances), the Friml, Stothart, Harbach, and Oscar Hammerstein II show contained such fine songs as “Indian Love Call,” “Only a Kiss,” “Pretty Things,” “Rose-Marie,” and “Totem Tom-Tom.” The show broke box office records and earned Arthur $2.5 million. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p227
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