Productions3 on Broadway
| 1869 | Niblos Garden Original. November 22, 1869 · predates this show | 14 performances |
| 1912 | Lyric Theatre Revival. December 2, 1912 · Fred Latham | 120 performances |
| 1931 | Erlangers Theatre Revival. November 30, 1931 · Milton Aborn | 8 performances |
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In the literature11 passages
Another operetta hit was Rudolf Friml's The Firefly (1912). book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p21
Through music publisher Max Dreyfus, Hammerstein found Friml and commissioned him to write the score with librettist Orro Harbach. The score contained three Friml standards, ““Giannina Mia,” “Love Is Like a Firefly,” and “Sympathy.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p196
Their first show together turned Hauerbach’s fortunes around. The Firefly (12/2/12; 120 performances) was all the more remarkable for being Friml’s first Broadway score and producer Arthur Hammerstein’s first producing venture. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p239
Musicals included RUDOLF FRIML’s The Firefly (12/2/12; 120 performances) and High Jinks (12/10/13; 213 performances). The Firefly had lyrics by Orro HARBACH and featured the Friml favorite “Giannina Mia.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p346
Friml’s best-remembered musicals are his spectacular operettas of the 1920s: Rose Marie (1924), The Vagabond King (1925), and The Three Musketeers (1928). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p157
Full Speed Ahead was one of the freaks of show business. The musical was a curiosity. "A production which started out in Baltimore a few weeks ago as a revival of the Rudolf Friml-Otto Harbach operetta, The Firefly, showed up here Christmas night at the Forrest as Full Speed Ahead. book:broadway-bound-a-guide-to-shows-that-died-aborning#p175
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