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Seventh Heaven (1955 Original Broadway Cast)

Seventh Heaven

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4825. Seventh Heaven [30 October 1922] play by Austin Strong [Booth Thea; 704p]. The ever-cheerful Paris street cleaner Chico (George Paul) rescues the forlorn Diane (Helen Menken) from suicide and marries her to keep her from having to return to her scornful sister Nana (Marion Kerby). The two live happily in their attic apartment until the war breaks out and Chico goes to the front, leaving Diane to fight off the a…

Opened
1955
Performances
44
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Victor YoungLyrics: Stella UngerBook: Victor Wolfson, Stella Unger

Productions2 on Broadway

1922 Booth Theatre Original. October 30, 1922 · predates this show 704 performances
1955 ANTA Theatre Revival. May 26, 1955 · John C. Wilson 44 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.

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In the literature23 passages

when it closed, it had chalked up 704 performances and was the fifth-longest-running play in Broadway history. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p485

Bad shows include such dogs as Seventh Heaven, Her First Roman, Christine, and Victor/Victoria (“Paris Makes Me Horny.” Need we say more’). book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p168

As the Girls Go, Seventh Heaven, Goldilocks, On a Clear Day, Zorba, The Act, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman—each of which saw fit to raise the prevailing price plateau—all floundered and flopped. That’s show biz. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p35

Moreover, by the end of East Wind Paul is blind, a similar affliction for Chico, the soldier who goes blind in the play, film, and much later 1955 musical Seventh Heaven. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p182

Seventh Heaven 704 performances Opened October 30, 1922 Unknown closing date book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p459

worked her way up through the ranks from chorus to featured dancer, to supporting roles in Seventh Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p182

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