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Simple Simon

Shows · Simple Simon

Simon, a simple-minded newspaper vendor, falls asleep and dreams himself into a fairy-tale world where he encounters characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes. In this fantastical dreamland, he bumbles through encounters with Cinderella, Jack and Jill, and Little Bo Peep, causing comic mayhem in each story while trying to find his way back to reality.

Opened
1930
Performances
135
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Lorenz HartBook: Ed Wynn, Guy Bolton

Productions2 on Broadway

1930 Ziegfeld Theatre Original. February 18, 1930 · Zeke Colvan 135 performances
1931 Majestic Theatre Revival. March 9, 1931 · Seymour Hicks 16 performances

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In the literature18 passages

Also included were “Are You My Love?” (from Rodgers and Hart’s 1936 film musical Dancing Pirate ) and “I Still Believe in You” (from the team’s 1930 musical Simple Simon ; with a different lyric, the song had also been heard as “Singing a Love Song” in the team’s 1928 musical Chee-Chee ). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p225

RODGERS AND Hart wrote what is probably the most accurate description of the average hostess’s life in their 1930 musical Simple Simon. The song was “Ten Cents a Dance,” introduced by Ruth Etting. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p480

Rodgers and Hart provided a fantasy for Ed Wynn in Simple Simon (2/18/30; 135 performances). The showstopper was Ruth Etting’s performance of the Rodgers and Hart classic, “Ten Cents a Dance.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p603

Singing a Love Song and I Must Love You are quite pleasant, though, and were soon reused elsewhere. Herb soon found a new partner: FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN [Porter: November 27, 1929] was the first of seven-out-of-seven hits he wrote with Cole Porter. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p122

Dancing on the Ceiling—new title for He Dances on My Ceiling, originally used (cut) in SIMPLE SIMON [February 18, 1930] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p124

She seems to be the only musical performer in Broadway history to open in two different musicals within a one-week period (this doesn’t include such interconnected shows as Noel Coward’s three productions of nine short plays and plays with songs that opened under the umbrella title of Tonight at 8:30). And perhaps even… book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p31

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