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The Pink Lady

The Pink Lady

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The Pink Lady is an Edwardian musical comedy composed by Ivan Caryll, which ran for a very successful 312 performances on Broadway in 1911 before becoming an ongoing favorite of regional producers in the Midwest. The story and lyrics by C.M.S.

Opened
1911
Performances
312
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Ivan CaryllLyrics: C. M. S. McLellanBook: C. M. S. McLellan

Productions2 on Broadway

1911 New Amsterdam Theatre Original. March 13, 1911 · Herbert Gresham 312 performances
1912 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival. August 26, 1912 · Herbert Gresham 24 performances

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In the literature8 passages

His most celebrated production was The Pink Lady , which contained the durable song “My Beautiful Lady” and gave Hazel Dawn a memorable role that allowed her to play the violin. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p30

Another popular operetta, Madame Sherry, was booked here in 1910, starring Lina Abarbanell, and ran for 231 performances, to be followed by an even bigger hit, The Pink Lady, starring Hazel Dawn and William Elliott, which delighted audiences for 312 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p25

“The Pink Lady Waltz” (aka “The Kiss Waltz”) was from The Pink Lady (1911); “You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)” had been interpolated into the second edition of The Honeymoon Express (1913); and “(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle (When Rip Van Winkle Was Away)” had first been interpolated into the… book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p154

Selections from the musical (paired with C. M. S. McClellan and Ivan Caryll’s 1911 operetta The Pink Lady) were released by AEI Records (LP # 1172). book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p20

'The Pink Lady' (312), “ Hazel Dawn skyrocketed to fame from “The Pink Lady.” book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p122

As a testament to the vagaries of commercial theatre, The Merry Widow's equal in success at the time—Ivan Caryll's The Pink Lady—is neither performed nor remembered today. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p84

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