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| 1925 | 44th Street Theatre Original. December 30, 1925 · Frank Reicher | 219 performances |
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An unlikely success was Arthur Hammerstein’s operetta Song of the Flame (12/30/25; 214 performances), which had a strange grouping of song. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p193
Song of the Flame (1925) with George Gershwin and Stothart; and the still-revived The Desert Song (1926) with Sigmund Romberg. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p49
Gershwin was chosen for this Russian opus, which opened just two days after TIP-TOES [December 28, 1925]. The result was successful but pedestrian. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p95
“Song of the Flame” with Guy Robertson and Tessa Kosta and “Sky High” starring Willie Howard. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p221
Song of the Flame (1925) with George Gershwin and Stothart; book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-to-sondheim-and-lloyd-web#p50
proved only that this was not Gershwin’s meétier, even if Rosalie did produce ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’. Herbert Stothart with Song of the Flame (1925) book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p33
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