Productions1 on Broadway
| 1955 | Winter Garden Theatre Original. November 10, 1955 · “Production” directed by David Alexander and “entire production” supervised by Robert Alton | 60 performances |
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In the literature11 passages
Among the members of the original Broadway cast of Kismet was muscle man Steve Reeves (who played one of the Wazir’s guards); he later appeared in The Vamp , and soon thereafter headed for Italy where he became a superstar in a series of costume adventure epics. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p355
Perhaps The Vamp was done in by the Silent Movie Curse, a small subgenre of musicals that dealt with the early era of moviemaking and/or its celebrities and that inevitably failed at the box office. Besides The Vamp , others in this field are Goldilocks (1958; 161 performances) and Mack and Mabel (1974; 65 performances… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p513
usicals that dealt with the early era of moviemaking and/or its celebrities and that inevitably failed at the box office. Besides The Vamp, others in this field are Goldilocks (1958; 161 performances) and Mack and Mabel (1974; 65 performances). book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p516
She then ticked off the times she’d appeared at the theatre (in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Wonderful Town, The Vamp, Show Girl, the original tryout of Hello, Dolly!, and Four on a Garden), book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p226
“The Vamp,” starring Carol Channing, was the outstanding musical flop. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p350
Less successful were Seventh Heaven (44) and The Vamp (60) starring Carol Channing as Bronx-born Flora Weems who becomes a star of silent movies. book:west-end-broadway-the-golden-age-of-the-american-musical-adrian-wright-boydell-b#p128
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