Productions2 on Broadway
| 1928 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. · predates this show | |
| 1929 | Selwyn Theatre Original. December 30, 1929 · Hassard Short | 136 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing not confirmed
| Rights | — We have not been able to confirm the publisher. |
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In the literature2 passages
The New York production of WAKE UP AND DREAM did not do quite as well, hampered by the stock market crash and competition from Porter’s just-opened hit FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN [November 27, 1929]. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p240
Clifton did it so well that in 1929 I put it in the score of WAKE UP AND DREAM in London, where it was sung by Sonny Hale. Later, when Jack Buchanan starred in WAKE UP AND DREAM on Broadway he sang this song. book:the-letters-of-cole-porter-cole-porter-editor-cliff-eisen-editor-dominic-mchugh-#p479
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