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They did't believe me

The Girl From Utah

Shows · The Girl From Utah

The show was the first musical hit on Broadway following the outbreak of World War I. With its appealing Kern additions (it was the composer’s sixth of 39 Broadway shows), the production was a transitional work leading to the soon-to-come American domination of the musical-comedy field.

Opened
1914
Performances
120
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Jerome Kern, etc.Lyrics: Harry B. Smith, etc.Book: James T. Tanner, Harry B. Smith

Productions2 on Broadway

1914 Knickerbocker Theatre Original. August 24, 1914 · J. A. E. Malone 120 performances
1915 Knickerbocker Theatre Return-Engagement. August 9, 1915 · J. A. E. Malone 24 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

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In the literature22 passages

They Didn’t Believe Me, premiere in The Girl from Utah (8/24/14; 120 performances), with a lyric by Herbert Reynolds. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298

Smith’s greatest musical successes—Robin Hood, The Spring Maid, Sweethearts, Watch Your Step, Countess Maritza, The Girl from Utah, and The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer—were written in collaboration with such composers as Ludwig Englander, Reginald De Koven, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Robert Hood Bowers, Gus Edwards,… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p521

Two of these, “How’d You Like to Spoon with Me?” interpolated into The Earl and the Girl (1905), and “They Didn’t Believe Me” from The Girl from Utah (1914), remain among his best known. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p50

His song “They Didn’t Believe Me” from The Girl from Utah (1914) garnered him great fame. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p212

Donald Brian—star of the American MERRY WIDOW [October 21, 1907|—and Julia Sanderson played together in several Kern shows; he was to introduce Kern’s biggest early hit, ““They Didn’t Believe Me,” in THE GIRL FROM UTAH [August 24, 1914]. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p44

\nWe'll Take Care Of You All (Refugee Song)” (lyric by Harry B. Smith)—criginally used (cut) in THE GIRL FROM UTAH [August 24, 1914] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p53

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