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The Century Girl

The Century Girl

Shows · The Century Girl

The Century Girl (11/6/16; 200 performances) opened with Sam Bernard, Hazel Dawn, Marie Dressler, Leon Errol, Elsie Janis, Van and Schenck, Frank Tinney, and Lilyan Tashman. Irving Berlin composed the music and lyrics, with some instrumental pieces composed by Victor Herbert.

Opened
1916
Performances
200
Type
Revue
Era
Early
Music: Victor Herbert, Irving BerlinLyrics: Henry Blossom, Irving Berlin

Productions1 on Broadway

1916 Century Theatre Original. November 6, 1916 · Leon Errol, Edward Royce 200 performances

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In the literature12 passages

Other famous scores include Babes in Toyland (1903), It Happened in Nordland (1904), The Red Mill (1906), The Lady of the Slipper (1912), The Only Girl (1914), The Princess Pat (1915), The Century Girl (1916), The Velvet Lady (1919), Orange Blossoms (1922), and The Dream Girl (1924). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p189

“Alice In Wonderland” [2nd]—different than song from THE CENTURY GIRL [November 6, 1916] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p119

These included extravaganzas (Babes in Toyland), musical comedies (The Only Girl, 1914), and revues (The Century Girl, 1916, with additional songs) book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p146

A sidelight of Berlin’s early years was the 1916 revue The Century Girl, jointly produced by Dillingham and Ziegfeld. book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p94

Irving Berlin still writing for The Ziegfeld Follies after having contributed six songs in an attempt to modernize Victor Herbert’s The Century Girl of 1916, and Herbert himself and George M. Cohan nearing the end of their Broadway triumphs. book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p32

The Century Girl (16); Miss 1917 (17); Eileen (17); The Velvet Lady (19); Angel Face (20); My Golden Girl (20); The Girl in the Spotlight (21); Orange Blossom (22); The Dream Girl (24). book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p148

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