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The Cohan Revue of 1918
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 31, 1917
Closing Date
Mar 23, 1918
Performances
96
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 31, 1917
Close Date: Mar 23, 1918
Closed Flag: n
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
New Amsterdam Theatre
(Dec 31, 1917 - Mar 23, 1918)
Description
A Musical Comedy in Two Acts and 15 Scenes
Setting
In and around a theatre, a tailorshop and picture studio, Potash and Perlmutter's home, the music room, the slave market, the Winter Garden, Grant Mitchell's office, and the Red Cross Pavilion
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Klaw & Erlanger
Produced by
Cohan & Harris
Book by
George M. Cohan
; Music by
George M. Cohan
and
Irving Berlin
; Lyrics by
George M. Cohan
and
Irving Berlin
; Music orchestrated by
Frank Sadler
; Musical Director:
Charles J. Gebest
Staged by
George M. Cohan
; Musical Staging by
Jack Mason
,
James Gorman
and
George M. Cohan
Ladies' costumes by
Schneider-Anderson Company
; Miss Bayes' hats and gowns designed by
Lucile
; Men's costumes by
Eaves Costume Company
; Men's modern clothes by
Max Marx
Nora Bayes
Polly of the Follies
Madame Sand
Music Memory
Florence Reed
Jessica Brown
Bessie McCoy
The She Dancer
The Dancing Slave
Paul E. Burns
Perlmutter
Flynn
Charles Dow Clark
Belasco
a manager
C. Bert Dunlop
Frank Tinney
John B. Dyllyn
The King's Attendant
Music Minister
Chu Chin Chow
Murry Evans
Frank Craven
Irving Fisher
Jazbo
the Hindoo
A Soldier Boy
Edward Gepp
Bluch
Eleanor Henry
Tiger Rose
Miss Melody
Arthur Hill
A Regular Tiger
A Spanish Bull
Bosco
Sydney Jarvis
Bill McDevlin
Lionel Ibbetson
Music Writer
Mitchell's Stenographer
Russell
Neil Kelly
A Newsboy
Lou Lockett
Mr. Maytime
The He Dancer
Paul Nicholson
Ziegfeld
Hitchy Koo
Jack Ibbetson
Corbett
Nathan
Lila Rhodes
Miss Maytime
Tanya Huber
the tailor's daughter
Miss Harmony
Lucille Romain
Miss 1918
Frederick Santley
John Paul Bart
a tailor's hand
Mr. Words
A Slave Auctioneer
Tailor-Made Mitchell
Al Stedman
Belasco's Office Boy
Blond
the Kings detective
Count Zucco
the Kings chamberlain
Music Butler
Another Minister
Fanny Stedman
Rosie Potash
Marjorie Rambeau
Phil White
Potash
Hart
Hans Wilson
Jack O'Lantern
Charles Winninger
King Leo
of Moldavia
Mitchell's Secretary
New Amsterdam Theatre
(Dec 31, 1917 - Mar 23, 1918)
Cast
Harold Tuppin
Bluch
Songs
music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
George M. Cohan
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
(Polly) Pretty Polly
Show Me the Way
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Ensemble
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
When Ziegfeld's Follies Hit the Town
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Our Acrobatic Melodramatic Home
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Spanish
The Eyes of Youth See the Truth
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
All Dressed Up In a Tailor-Made
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
The Potash and Perlmutter Ball
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
A Man Is Only a Man
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
King of Broadway
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
The Wedding of Words and Music
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Act 2
The Gathering of the Slaves
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
The Slave Dance
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
A Bad Chinaman from Shanghai
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Down Where the Pumpkins Grow
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
The Old Maid Blues
(music by
David W. Guion
; lyrics by
Web Maddox
)
Who Do You Love?
(music by
Ed Moran
; lyrics by
James Brockmann
)
Their Hearts Are Over Here
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Finale
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Klaw & Erlanger
Produced by
Cohan & Harris
Book by
George M. Cohan
; Music by
George M. Cohan
and
Irving Berlin
; Lyrics by
George M. Cohan
and
Irving Berlin
; Music orchestrated by
Frank Sadler
; Musical Director:
Charles J. Gebest
Staged by
George M. Cohan
; Musical Staging by
Jack Mason
,
James Gorman
and
George M. Cohan
Ladies' costumes by
Schneider-Anderson Company
; Miss Bayes' hats and gowns designed by
Lucile
; Men's costumes by
Eaves Costume Company
; Men's modern clothes by
Max Marx
Nora Bayes
Polly of the Follies
Madame Sand
Music Memory
Florence Reed
Jessica Brown
Bessie McCoy
The She Dancer
The Dancing Slave
Paul E. Burns
Perlmutter
Flynn
Charles Dow Clark
Belasco
a manager
C. Bert Dunlop
Frank Tinney
John B. Dyllyn
The King's Attendant
Music Minister
Chu Chin Chow
Murry Evans
Frank Craven
Irving Fisher
Jazbo
the Hindoo
A Soldier Boy
Edward Gepp
Bluch
Eleanor Henry
Tiger Rose
Miss Melody
Arthur Hill
A Regular Tiger
A Spanish Bull
Bosco
Sydney Jarvis
Bill McDevlin
Lionel Ibbetson
Music Writer
Mitchell's Stenographer
Russell
Neil Kelly
A Newsboy
Lou Lockett
Mr. Maytime
The He Dancer
Paul Nicholson
Ziegfeld
Hitchy Koo
Jack Ibbetson
Corbett
Nathan
Lila Rhodes
Miss Maytime
Tanya Huber
the tailor's daughter
Miss Harmony
Lucille Romain
Miss 1918
Frederick Santley
John Paul Bart
a tailor's hand
Mr. Words
A Slave Auctioneer
Tailor-Made Mitchell
Al Stedman
Belasco's Office Boy
Blond
the Kings detective
Count Zucco
the Kings chamberlain
Music Butler
Another Minister
Fanny Stedman
Rosie Potash
Marjorie Rambeau
Phil White
Potash
Hart
Hans Wilson
Jack O'Lantern
Charles Winninger
King Leo
of Moldavia
Mitchell's Secretary
New Amsterdam Theatre
(Dec 31, 1917 - Mar 23, 1918)
Cast
Harold Tuppin
Bluch
music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
George M. Cohan
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
(Polly) Pretty Polly
Show Me the Way
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Ensemble
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
When Ziegfeld's Follies Hit the Town
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Our Acrobatic Melodramatic Home
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Spanish
The Eyes of Youth See the Truth
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
All Dressed Up In a Tailor-Made
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
The Potash and Perlmutter Ball
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
A Man Is Only a Man
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
King of Broadway
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
The Wedding of Words and Music
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Act 2
The Gathering of the Slaves
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
The Slave Dance
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
A Bad Chinaman from Shanghai
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Down Where the Pumpkins Grow
(lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
The Old Maid Blues
(music by
David W. Guion
; lyrics by
Web Maddox
)
Who Do You Love?
(music by
Ed Moran
; lyrics by
James Brockmann
)
Their Hearts Are Over Here
(music by
George M. Cohan
)
Finale
(music by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
and
George M. Cohan
)
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