The Streets of Paris
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Charles Sherman
S. Jay Kaufman
New York City
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| Written by | Tom McKnight Charles Sherman S. Jay Kaufman |
| Date premiered | May 29, 1939 (Boston) June 19, 1939 (Broadway) |
| Place premiered | Broadhurst Theatre New York City |
| Original language | English |
| 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]
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
Featured artist:
Secondary artists: (in alphabetical order)
- Adele Murphy
- Alice Anthony
- Betty Bartley
- Ben Dova[citation needed]
- Billy Branch & Co.
- Bernice Smith
- Claire Anderson
- Cliff Hall
- Charles Hoffman
- Daisy and Violet Hilton
- Edward Wells
- Eileen O'Day
- Enis Beyer
- Evelyn Hylton
- Flora Bowes
- Frances O'Day
- Gloria Gilbert
- Grete Natzler (as Della Lind)
- Gower & Jeanne
- Halldis Prince
- Henning Irgens
- Hugh Ellsworth
- Jackie Gateley
- Janice Nicholson
- Jo & Jeanne Readinger
- John McCauley
- Kalli Barton
- Kate Hylton
- Lincoln Bouvier
- Lincoln Wilmerton
- Lu Ann Meredith
- Magdi Kari
- Margo Hylton
- Margaret Irving
- Margaret Hall
- Mary Ann Parker
- Maxine Martin
- Mischa Pompianov
- Mildred Hall
- Milton Watson
- Nancy Grace
- Olive Nicholson
- Peggy Gallimore
- Richard D'Arcy
- Ruth Merman
- Sadella Wagner
- Sharlie Hall
- Sidney Marion (as Sid Marion)
- Thelma Temple
- Trudy Burke
- Yvonne Bouvier
- Ward and Van