MusicalExtravaganzaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 30, 1908
Closing Date
May 01, 1909
Performances
176
MusicalExtravaganzaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
New York Theatre
(Nov 30, 1908 - May 01, 1909)

Description
A musical in two acts

Setting
Vienna, Paris, and others

Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
Music by Ludwig Englander; Book by Harry B. Smith; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith; Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne; Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry Williams; Featuring "My Post Card Girl" by Louis A. Hirsch; Featuring "My Post Card Girl" by Addison Burkhardt; Featuring "I'm Learning Something Every Day" by Nora Bayes; Featuring "I'm Learning Something Every Day" by Jack Norworth; Featuring "I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear" by J. Rosamond Johnson; Featuring "I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear" by Bob Cole; Featuring "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play" by Jean Schwartz; Featuring "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play" by William Jerome; Featuring "What Kind of a Wife to Choose" by Gus Edwards; Musical Director: Frank Darling
Produced under the stage direction of Julian Mitchell
Scenic Design by Ernest Albert and John H. Young; Costume Design by Klaw and Erlanger's Costume Company
Ezra Pettingill
"the greatest detective in the world"
 
Pompignac
Helen Legarde
a gay Parisienne
Captain, The Hon. Roland Fitzmaurice Montjoy
of the First Life Guards
Loulou
 
"Three Weeks with You"
 
Ballet School
Anna
Miss Innocence
Miss Sniffins
Proprietor of the School for Innocence
 
Mme. Pompignac
the Husband Syndicate
Ella Lee
an American serio-comic
 
"Three Weeks with You"
 
School Girl
 
"Three Weeks with You"
 
Ballet School
Claire
a school girl
Spanish Dancer
 
Maid
 
"Three Weeks with You"
 
Ballet School
Spanish Dancer
 
Maid
 
Ballet School
Rastignac
a student
"Three Weeks with You"
Rita
"Hindoo Honey" Girl
 
Maid
 
Ballet School
Marie
 
Ballet School
Count Sergius Borodin
a Russian
School Girl
 
Ballet School
Clairette
 
"Three Weeks with You"
 
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
School Girl
 
Ballet School
Count Maxime
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
School Girl
Fleurette
Spanish Dancer
 
Specialty
Ben Hassan
an Arab
 
"Three Weeks with You"
School Girl
 
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
The Duke of Pomerania
 
Ballet School
Carita
"Hindoo Honey" Girl
 
Spanish Dancer
 
Artist Model
 
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
Bobo
a poor relation
The Marquis de Chabert
 
Schmalz
a ballet master
 
Dr. Charcot
Diane
visitor
Ballet School
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
Spanish Dancer
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
Pepita
"Hindoo Honey" Girl
 
Ballet School
Prince Yogama
a Japanese
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
Pierre de Brissac
Lieutenant in the French Navy
Flore
visitor
Walker
an American
 
A Postman
 
"Three Weeks with You"
Eve
visitor
Margot
visitor
 
"Three Weeks with You"
Durand
an artist
 
"Three Weeks with You"
Albert
Maitre d'hotel
 
Alphonse
attendant at the Hotel de Boheme
Yvonne
 
School Girl
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
Premiere Danseuse
 
Railway Number
 
Ballet School
O'Brien
an American athlete
School Girl
 
Ballet School
Celestine
visitor
Felise
visitor
"Three Weeks with You"
Spanish Dancer
 
Maid
 
Ballet School
Eugenie
visitor
 
"Three Weeks with You"
Hortense
 
Railway Number
Pierrette
 
Maid
Hobbes
a college boy
 
A Gendarme
 
"Three Weeks with You"
Sergeant
 
"Three Weeks with You"

New York Theatre (Nov 30, 1908 - May 01, 1909)

Cast

Ella Lee
an American serio-comic
Carita
"Hindoo Honey" Girl
Gabrielle
Eugenie
visitor
An American
music by Ludwig Englander; lyrics by Harry B. Smith
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Am I a Wife, Widow or Maid?
Claire
Please Tell Me What They Mean
Anna and Ezra Pettingill
My Post Card Girl
(music by Louis A. Hirsch; lyrics by Addison Burkhardt)
Angele and School Girls
I'm Learning Something Every Day
(music by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth; lyrics by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth)
Anna
(Oh! That) Yankiana Rag
(music by Melville Gideon; lyrics by E. Ray Goetz)
Ella Lee and Company
I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear
(music by Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson; lyrics by Bob Cole)
Anna
Act 2
Sung By
I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play
(music by Jean Schwartz; lyrics by William Jerome)
Helen Legarde
I Wonder What's the Matter with My Eyes
(music by Egbert Van Alstyne; lyrics by Harry Williams)
Anna
What Kind of a Wife to Choose (What Kind of a Wife Does a Man Like Best)
(music by Gus Edwards; lyrics by Gus Edwards)
Pierre de Brissac
Perfectly Terrible Dear
(music by Egbert Van Alstyne; lyrics by Harry Williams)
Miss Sniffins
In My Flying Machine
Anna and Pierre de Brissac
Afraid to Go Home At All
Pompignac
Three Weeks (with You)
Ensemble
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