The Streets of Paris

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The Streets of Paris
Poser - The Streets of Paris.jpg
The Streets of Paris poster.
Written byTom McKnight
Charles Sherman
S. Jay Kaufman
Date premieredMay 29, 1939 (Boston)
June 19, 1939 (Broadway)
Place premiered Broadhurst Theatre
New York City
Original languageEnglish
Genre musical revue

The Streets of Paris is a musical revue featuring Bobby Clark, Luella Gear, Abbott and Costello and Carmen Miranda, debuted on May 29, 1939 in Boston and on June 19, 1939 in New York. Had two hours and-a-half, with the interval. The musical was staged from June 1939 to 10 February 1940, totaling 274 presentations. [1]

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Production

Olsen and Johnson in partnership with Lee Shubert were working on their newest musical revue, The Streets of Paris. The first rehearsals for the show began on May 2, 1939 in New York. Before going to New York, Streets of Paris debuted in Boston on May 29, 1939, obtaining a great success of criticism and public. Some of the city newspapers speculated that the show had been extended in more a week.

Debuted on June 19, 1939, in the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, Manhattan, New York. The show introduced Carmen Miranda to the American public, and marked the debut of Abbott & Costello, Gower Champion and Jeanne Tyler in Broadway musicals.

The musical was divided into two acts with songs written by Jimmy McHugh and Al Dubin, working for the first time together. [2] The sketches were written by Tom McKnight, Charles Sherman and Jay S. Kaufman, with costumes designed by Irene Sharaff, scenery for the show was designed by Larry Goldwasser, with direction of choreography by Robert Alton, and directed by Edward Dowling Duryea. [3]

The Streets of Paris ended their presentations in New York in February 1940, starting then a tour by East Coast American, through Philadelphia, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago, where was closed on May 8, 1940. [4]

Cast

Abbott and Costello and Carmen Miranda in publicity photo of The Streets of Paris. Abbott, Costello and Carmen Miranda.jpg
Abbott and Costello and Carmen Miranda in publicity photo of The Streets of Paris.
The Broadhurst Theatre in 2006. Broadhursttheatre.jpg
The Broadhurst Theatre in 2006.

Featured artist:

Secondary artists: (in alphabetical order)

Musical numbers

Act I
Messieurs: Norman Abbott, Edward Browne, Richard D'Arcy, Hugh Ellsworth, William Hawley, Henning Irgens, Mortimer O'Brien, Mischa Pompianov, Edward Wells.
Act II
Finale

References

  1. ↑ "Relato da estreia de Carmen Miranda é de arrepiar! Leia". Folha de S.Paulo. March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ CASTRO, Ruy, Carmen, Uma Biografia, São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2005, ISBN   85-359-0760-2
  3. ↑ Girly Revue To Frolic On Nixon Stage. The Pittsburgh Press. March 3, 1940. ISBN   9780199729708 . Retrieved July 23, 2015.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ↑ David Payne-Carter (1999). Gower Champion: Dance and American Musical Theatre. ISBN   9780313304514.
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