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| Music | Jerome Kern |
| Lyrics | Schuyler Green Elsie Janis P. G. Wodehouse Anne Caldwell Frank Craven Harry Graham Herbert Reynolds John E. Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music Elsie Janis (March 16 1889 – February 26 1956 was an American singer songwriter actress and Screenwriter. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 (ˈwʊdhaʊs was an English Comic novelist who enjoyed enormous popular success Anne Caldwell ( August 30, 1867 - October 22, 1936) also known as Anne Caldwell O'Dea was a librettist and lyricist Frank Craven ( August 24, 1875 - September 1, 1945) was an American stage and film actor playwright and screenwriter best known for originating Harry Graham is a name shared by the following individuals Harry Graham (cricketer (1870&ndash1911 Australian right-handed batsman whose career lasted from Hazzard |
| Book | Philip Bartholomae Guy Bolton |
| Productions | 1915 Broadway production 1975 Broadway revival |
Very Good Eddie is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Philip Bartholomae, music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Schuyler Green, with additional lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse, Elsie Janis, Anne Caldwell, Frank Craven, Harry Graham, Herbert Reynolds, and John E. Guy Reginald Bolton ( November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a British - American Playwright and writer of Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A revival is a restaging of a former hit play at a later date Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Guy Reginald Bolton ( November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a British - American Playwright and writer of Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 (ˈwʊdhaʊs was an English Comic novelist who enjoyed enormous popular success Elsie Janis (March 16 1889 – February 26 1956 was an American singer songwriter actress and Screenwriter. Anne Caldwell ( August 30, 1867 - October 22, 1936) also known as Anne Caldwell O'Dea was a librettist and lyricist Frank Craven ( August 24, 1875 - September 1, 1945) was an American stage and film actor playwright and screenwriter best known for originating Harry Graham is a name shared by the following individuals Harry Graham (cricketer (1870&ndash1911 Australian right-handed batsman whose career lasted from Hazzard.
The farcial plot focuses on Eddie Kettle, a very short young man newly married to Georgina, who is extremely tall. A farce is a Comedy written for the stage or film which aims to Entertain the audience by means of unlikely extravagant and improbable situations disguise and mistaken They board a Hudson River Day Line boat headed for the Honeymoon Inn in Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Poughkeepsie (pəˈkɪpsiː is a City in New York, USA and serves as the County seat of Dutchess County, located in the Hudson Also on board are extremely tall athlete Percy Darling and his very short bride Elsie. Chaos ensues when the couples cross paths and accidentally trade partners. The vaudeville-style adventure continues at the hotel, where guests with names like Gay Anne Giddy, Fullern A. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Goat, Tayleurs Dummee, Alwys Innit, and Madame Matroppo, a sex-crazed opera coach whose student is Lily Pond, pop in and out of rooms while an inebriated desk clerk tries to sort through all the madness. Eventually the mismatched newlyweds find their way back to each other and, not surprisingly, true love prevails.
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Background
Early in the 20th century, American musical theatre consisted of a mix of elaborate European operettas, like The Merry Widow (1907), British musical comedy imports, likeThe Arcadians (1910), George M. Cohan's shows, the operettas of Victor Herbert, and the spectacular revues of Florenz Ziegfeld. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe is an Operetta by the Austro-Hungarian Composer Franz Lehár. Edwardian Musical Comedies are those British Musical theatre shows from the period between the 1890s when Gilbert and Sullivan began to lose their dominance to the The Arcadians is an Edwardian musical comedy styled a "Fantastic Musical Play" in three acts by Mark Ambient and Alexander M George Michael Cohan ( July 3, 1878 &ndash November 5, 1942) was a United States Entertainer, Playwright, Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr ( March 21, 1869 &ndash July 22, 1932) called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway But as Cohan's and Herbert's creative output waned, new creative talent was being nurtured on Broadway, including Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Sigmund Romberg. Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 Kern began by revising British musicals to suit American audiences, adding songs that "have a timeless, distinctly American sound that redefined the Broadway showtune. "[1]
The Princess Theatre was a simply designed, 299-seat Broadway theatre that had failed to attract successful productions because of its small size. For Decatur Alabama 's Princess Theatre see Princess Theatre Decatur 1910s Originally planned as a venue for short dramatic plays Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located [2] Theatre agent Elisabeth Marbury asked Kern and Bolton to write a series of musicals specifically tailored to its smaller setting, with an intimate style and modest budgets, that would provide an alternative to the star-studded extravaganzas of Ziegfield and others. Kern and Bolton's first Princess Theatre musical was Nobody's Home (1915), an adaptation of a London show called Mr. Popple of Ippleton. Very Good Eddie was their second, with Wodehouse joining the team. [1] This was followed by an even bigger hit in 1917, Oh, Boy! (musical) and several others, all featuring modern American settings and simple scene changes (one set for each act) to more aptly suit the small theatre, eschewing operetta traditions of foreign locales and elaborate scenery. Oh Boy! is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P [2]
Productions
Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and F. Elisabeth (Bessy Marbury ( June 19, 1856 - January 22, 1933) was a pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who represented Ray Comstock, the original Broadway production opened on December 23, 1915 at the Princess Theatre and ran for 341 performances. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The cast included Ernest Truex and Helen Raymond. Ernest Truex ( September 19 1889, Kansas City Missouri – June 26 1973, Fallbrook California) was an American Helen Raymond (1885-November 26 1965 was a stage actress who did comedy roles on Broadway, and also appeared in Hollywood motion pictures The sets were designed by the interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, who also coordinated the costumes. Elsie de Wolfe (also known as Lady Mendl) ( December 20, 1865 ? &ndash July 12, 1950) was a pioneering professional interior [3]
In 1975, the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut revived the show to great acclaim, prompting the producers to transfer it to Broadway. Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works was formed in 1959 to restore the Goodspeed East Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. After three previews, it opened on December 21, 1975 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 304 performances. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian The Booth Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in midtown- Manhattan, New York City The cast, directed by Bill Gile and choreograped by Dan Siretta, included Charles Repole, Virginia Seidel, James Harder, and Travis Hudson. Bill Gile, (William E Gile Director Awards and Nominations 1976 Tony Award� Best Direction of a Musical (nomineenominees for this category in 1976 included Charles Repole is an American Actor, Theatre director, and College Professor.
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1975 awards and nominations
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Repole, nominee)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Seidel, nominee)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)
- Theatre World Award (Repole and Seidel, winners)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Seidel, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Harder, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Hudson, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival (nominee)
Notes
- ^ a b Kenrick, John. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and "History of The Musical Stage 1910-1919: Part I", Musicals 101.com: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, accessed May 27, 2008
- ^ a b Bloom and Vlastnik, pp. 230–31
- ^ Sparke, Penny, "Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Decoration", New York: Acanthus Press, 2005, pages 155-156
References
- Bloom, Ken and Vlastnik, Frank. Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2004. ISBN 1-57912-390-2
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