Productions2 on Broadway
| 1934 | Center Theatre Original. September 22, 1934 · Hassard Short | 298 performances |
| 1935 | Center Theatre Return-Engagement. August 5, 1935 · Albertina Rasch | 49 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature22 passages
One of the truly mammoth undertakings of the mid-Thirties, The Great Waltz opened at the 3,822-seat Center Theatre (then in Rockefeller Center one block south of the Radio City Music Hall) with 23 actors, 77 singers, 33 ballet dancers, 53 musicians, 90 backstage workers, and a wardrobe of over 500 costumes. The product… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p93
Though critics were divided, The Great Waltz had a respectable run (at a $3.30 top), and reopened for an additional 49 performances in August 1935. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p94
the musical The Great Waltz (9/22/34; 297 performances) book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298
Johann Strauss’ pere and fils had an immense success with the favorite The Great Waltz in 1934. Their success was so great that they returned to Broadway, along with Oscar Straus (no relation) in the 1937 musical Three Waltzes. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p175
The Great Waltz (1934) featured Strauss and his father, also a composer, as characters and also included their music. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p370
And let’s not forget Lili, Franzi, Tini, Mali, Sini, Mitzi, Nini, and Betti, each and every one of them from The Great Waltz book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p51
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