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| 1912 | Daly's Theatre Original. November 13, 1912 · Joseph W. Herbert | 61 performances |
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Kern finally had his first full score commissioned for The Red Petticoat (11/13/12; 61 performances). book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298
Kern’s second complete score—again for the Shuberts—was more successful than THE RED PETTICOAT [November 13, 1912], if not particularly special. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p50
His score for the first Western musical comedy, The Red Petticoat (1912), suffered no interpolations by other composers, an extraordinary occurrence for the higgledy-piggledy approach of the times. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p160
The Red Petticoat, The, 140, 225 book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p568
Musicals include: The Red Petticoat (12); The Girl from Utah (13); 90 in the Shade (14); Nobody Home (15); Tonight's the Night (15); Very Good, Eddie (15); Miss Springtime (16); Theodore & Co (16); Have a Heart (17); Hoop-la (17); Leave It to Jane (17); Love o’ Mike (17); Miss 1917 (17): Oh, Boy! (17): Head Over Heels… book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p148
The Shuberts deliberately avoided the term musical comedy and billed it as a “music comedy” [sic ] and a “musical play” because the show had a “real plot.”','confidence':1.0},{ book:irving-berlin-s-american-musical-theater-broadway-legacies-jeffrey-magee#p73
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