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| 1916 | Maxine Elliott's Theatre Original. March 28, 1916 · J. H. Benrimo | 15 performances |
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COLE PorTER’s first attempt at Broadway, See America First (3/28/16; 15 performances), was unappreciated. In the cast was future movie star Clifton Webb, then a popular musical comedy performer. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p365
Porter’s first break came when he met Elisabeth Marbury, who produced many of Jerome Kern’s early hits. Their show entitled See America First opened at the Mina Elliotr’s Theatre with Clifton Webb in the lead. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p437
See America First, 343, 415 book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p683
r had already produced a musical on Broadway, See America First (1916), before Gershwin or Rodgers had begun their Broadway careers and only one year after Kern had inaugurated his series of distinctive musicals at the Princess Theatre. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p71
Although his first full score for Broadway, See America First (1916), was a failure, he kept persevering with relatively successful shows during the 1920s. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p314
SEE AMERICA FIRST—made up mostly of material written for fraternity musi-cals—was viewed as a mediocre college show (with surprisingly adept lyrics) and quickly closed. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p232
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