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The Night Boat

The Night Boat

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Bob White tells his jealous wife that he commutes home each evening on the night boat from Albany, using this excuse to spend his evenings on the town. When his wife decides to surprise him by meeting the boat, Bob must scramble to maintain his elaborate deception, leading to a farcical chain of lies and comic catastrophes.

Opened
1920
Performances
313
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Jerome KernLyrics: Anne CaldwellBook: Anne Caldwell

Productions1 on Broadway

1920 Liberty Theatre Original. February 2, 1920 · Fred G. Latham 313 performances

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In the literature5 passages

Kern’s next show at the Liberty, The Night Boat (2/2/20; 318 performances), isn’t well remembered today, but the score he wrote with Anne Caldwell did contain two popular songs, “Whose Baby Are You?” and “Left All Alone Again Blues.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p318

“Honeymoon Land”—cut; see THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p66

“Chick! Chick! Chick!’’—cut; originally used in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] “The Lorelei” (lyric by Anne Caldwell)—originally used (cut/unpublished) in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p72

*Look for the Silver Lining [lyric by B. G. DeSylva]—originally used (cut/unpublished) in ZIP, GOES A MILLION [December 8, 1919] The Lorelei [lyric by Anne Caldwell]— originally used (cut/unpublished) in THE NIGHT BOAT [February 2, 1920] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p52

Whose baby are you? The Night Boat, 1920 book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p179

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