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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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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