Productions3 on Broadway
| 1866 | Original Theatre not recorded. · William Wheatley | 474 performances |
| 1870 | Niblos Garden Revival. December 12, 1870 | 122 performances |
| 1871 | Niblos Garden Revival. December 18, 1871 | 71 performances |
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He takes for his starting point The Black Crook — staged in 1866 and usually accepted as the first Broadway musical — a farouche extravaganza which for the first time combined dancing and singing with an underlying plot and dialogue (a form of entertainment which could recently have been seen in London’s Drury Lane in… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p5
Broadway Musicals Show by Show is a combination history, guide, fact book, and photograph album of the most memorable productions presented both on and off Broadway from The Black Crook in 1866 to Big River in 1985. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p7
American plays embellished with songs were being offered in New York as early as Colonial days, but The Black Crook was the first long-running musical hit, with a record run that was not overtaken until Adonis established a new mark in the late 1880’s. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p14
From then on, plays embellished with songs became a major attraction for seekers of theatrical entertainment along the Great White Way. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p21
The Black Crookwas the first long-running musical hit, with a record run that was not overtaken until Adonis established a new mark in the late 1880’s. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p27
Bonfanti, Marie Black Crook, The, 3 Boniface, George Black Crook, The, 3 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353
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