MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 21, 1920
Closing Date
Apr 22, 1922
Performances
561
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
New Amsterdam Theatre
(Dec 21, 1920 - Apr 22, 1922)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
The Alley Inn, New York; The Garden of Richard Farquar's Home, Long Island; The Land of Butterflies in the Ziegfeld Follies; Sally's Dressing room at the Amsterdam Theatre; The Little Church Around the Corner.
Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
Book by Guy Bolton; Music by Jerome Kern; "Butterfly Ballet" music by Victor Herbert; Lyrics by Clifford Grey; Lyrics for "Look For the Silver Lining" by B.G. DeSylva; Musical Director: Gus Salzer
Staged by Edward Royce
Scenic Design by Joseph Urban; Costume Design by Alice O'Neil
Leon Errol
Connie (A Waiter at the Alley Inn)
 
Duke of Czechogovinio
Marilynn Miller
Sally of the Alley (A Foundling)
 
Mme. Nookerova (A Wild Rose)
 
Premiere Star of the Follies
Baby Dot
Child
Alice Akers
Ensemble
Frank Bages
Boy
Jack Barker
Harry Burton
Earl Barroy
Ivan
Minerva Bartz
Child
Wade Boothe
Billy Porter
Alma Braham
Ensemble
Walter Catlett
Otis Hooper (A Theatrical Agent)
Agatha DeBussy
Ensemble
 
Miss New York (A Niece)
Barbara Dean
Tot
 
Ensemble
 
Barbara
Dolores
Mrs. Ten Broek (A Settlement Worker)
Emily Drange
Emily
 
Ensemble
Dorothy Fenron
Ensemble
Irving Fisher
Blair Farquar (An Only Son)
Miss Freeland
Miss Audubon (Foundling)
Mary Hay
Rosalind Rafferty (A Manicurist)
 
Mme. Nookerova's Maid
Alfred P. James
Pops (Proprietor of the Alley Inn, New York)
Alta King
Alta
 
Ensemble
Frank Kingdon
Richard Farquar
Sylvia Kingsley
Ensemble
 
Miss Rhinelander (Foundling)
Miss Maide
Miss Worth (Foundling)
 
Ensemble
Mary McDonald
Mary
 
Ensemble
Gladys Montgomery
Pickles
Rita Murphy
Child
Henrietta Orville
Ensemble
Virginia Otis
Ensemble
 
Miss Vanderbilt (Foundling)
Jacques Rebiroff
Sascha (Violinist at the Alley Inn)
Stanley Ridges
Jimmie Spelvin
Phil Ryley
The Admiral Travers (A Gay One)
Sonia Shand
Ensemble
Billie Stanfield
Ensemble
Dolly Tigue
Child
Shirley Vernon
Miss Bowling Green (Foundling)
 
Ensemble
Vivian Vernon
Kitty
 
Ensemble
 
Vivian
Blossom Vreeland
Ensemble
Betty Williams
Fluff
 
Ensemble
 
Betty

New Amsterdam Theatre (Dec 21, 1920 - Apr 22, 1922)

Cast

Billie Dove
Billie
Gladys Loftus
Gladys
Babe Marlowe
Babe
Kathlene Martyn
Rosalind Rafferty (A Manicurist)
 
Mme. Nookerova's Maid
Janet Megrew
Janet
Miss Mitchell
Miss Vanderbilt (Foundling)
Carl Rose
Billy Porter
music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Clifford Grey and P. G. Wodehouse
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Way Down East (Song was replaced after opening with another number, "Song and Dance")
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Rosalind Rafferty and Ensemble
On with the Dance
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Otis Hooper, Rosalind Rafferty, Betty and Harry Burton
This Little Girl (Song was dropped after opening and replaced with a dance for the Foundlings)
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Mrs. Ten Broek, Pops and Foundlings
Joan of Arc (You Can't Keep a Good Girl Down)
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Sally of the Alley and Foundlings
Look for the Silver Lining
(lyrics by Buddy DeSylva)
Sally of the Alley and Blair Farquar
Sally
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Blair Farquar and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
The Social Game
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Jimmie Spelvin and Ensemble
Wild Rose
Mme. Nookerova and Diplomats
(On the Banks of) The Schnitza-Komisski
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Duke of Czechogovinio and Ensemble
Pzcherkatrotsky
(lyrics by Clifford Grey)
Duke of Czechogovinio
Whip-poor-Will
(lyrics by Buddy DeSylva)
Mme. Nookerova and Blair Farquar
The Lorelei
(lyrics by Anne Caldwell)
Otis Hooper, Rosalind Rafferty and Jimmie Spelvin
Little Church Around the Corner
(lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse)
Rosalind Rafferty and Otis Hooper
Act 3
Land of Butterflies
(music by Victor Herbert)
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