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The Magic Melody
or Fortunio's Song
Musical
Romance
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 11, 1919
Closing Date
Mar 17, 1920
Performances
143
Musical
Romance
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 11, 1919
Close Date: Mar 17, 1920
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Nov 11, 1919 - Mar 17, 1920)
Description
A musical play in a prologue and two acts
Setting
The reception room at Prince Potemsky's house in Paris and the garden at Madame Jessonda's Villa in Versailles
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Max R. Wilner
and
Sigmund Romberg
Music by
Sigmund Romberg
; Book by
Frederic Arnold Krummer
; Lyrics by
Frederic Arnold Krummer
; Musical Director:
Charles Previn
; Music orchestrated by
Oscar Radin
; Additional lyrics by
Alex Gerber
Choreographed by
Jack Manning
; Staged by
J. C. Huffman
and
J. Clifford Brooke
; Musical Staging by
Allan K. Foster
Scenic Design by
Willy Pogany
; Costume Design by
Willy Pogany
Electrical Effect by
Frank D. Thomas
Eileen Adaire
Ensemble
Flavia Arcaro
Mrs. Fishbacker
Walter Armin
Salvatore
Bertee Beaumont
Lisa
Fifine
Claire Benedict
Ensemble
Earl Benham
Richard Palmer Adams
Robert Bentley
Prince Vladimir
Marie Bernard
Ensemble
Billie Booker
Ensemble
Frances Broeker
Ensemble
Harry Burdick
Ensemble
Herbert Carleton
Ensemble
Joseph Carleton
Ensemble
Nellie Crawford
Maria
Ensemble
Mary Cunningham
Madamoiselle Marguerite
Ensemble
Emile de Varny
Marquis de Vernon
Julia Dean
Gianina
Madame Jessonda
Rene Delting
Isabel de Vernon
Frisco Devere
Ensemble
Jack Dewey
Ensemble
Marion Dixon
Madamoiselle Nitouche
Elizabeth Drew
Ensemble
Leonard Feiner
Ensemble
Billy Fisher
Ensemble
Sylvia Ford
Ensemble
Adele Freeman
Teresa
Ensemble
Helen French
Ensemble
Estelle Garry
Ensemble
Charles Gilbert
Ensemble
Kathryn Gobet
Ensemble
Harriet Gustin
Ensemble
Ruth Henry
Ensemble
Claire Hodgson
Madamoiselle Fleurie
Legotie Hoover
Madamoiselle Cherie
Jeannette Kahn
Anita
Charles Lauben
Ensemble
Eleanor Leigh
Madamoiselle Yvonne
Ensemble
Lois Leigh
Melody of Dance
Madeline Levene
Ensemble
Jack Manning
Postman
Fay Marbe
Carmencita
Lola Winwood
Marie McConnell
Delarose
Cluclu
Tom McNaughton
Sir Reggie Chester
Grace Moore
Ensemble
Lucille Moore
Ensemble
Loretta Morgan
Ensemble
Louis Morrell
Antonio
Alma Morrison
Ensemble
Carmel Myers
Sophie Fishbacker
Beatriz Nisbet
Ensemble
Fina Orloff
Ensemble
Aileen Poe
Lady Chester
Charles Purcell
Beppo Corsini
Captain Arthur Stanley
Jean Rebera
Bianca
Ensemble
Jean Riley
Ensemble
Jean Rogers
Ensemble
Billie Roth
Beppino
Charles Schilling
Ensemble
Billie Sheridan
Ensemble
Gus Stevenson
Pietro
Ensemble
Eleanor Tierney
Ensemble
Charles Wallace
Ensemble
Dorothy Wallace
Lulu
Ensemble
Marion Ward
Ensemble
Vivian Ward
Ensemble
Shubert Theatre
(Nov 11, 1919 - Mar 17, 1920)
Musical Director:
Frank Cork
Cast
Ethel Andre
Ensemble
Walter Antrim
Captain Arthur Stanley
Robert Bentley
Antoine de Vernon
Irma Berline
Ensemble
Betty Brown
Ensemble
Lillian Browning
Ensemble
Marie Cooney
Ensemble
Nellie Crawford
Cluclu
Albert Deano
Pietro
Marion Dixon
Lady Chester
Ensemble
Charles Gilbert
The Minister
Emma Haig
Sophie Fishbacker
Charlotte Harvey
Ensemble
Claire Hodgson
Ensemble
Anna Jackson
Ensemble
Blanch Lee
Ensemble
Florence Major
Ensemble
Lillian Mathewson
Ensemble
Lucille Moore
Bianca
Beatrice Neal
Isabel de Vernon
Kitty Phelps
Ensemble
Jean Thomas
Ensemble
Doreen Verdet
Ensemble
John Waldron
Richard Palmer Adams
Songs
music by
Sigmund Romberg
; lyrics by
Frederic Arnold Kummer
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 0
Sung By
Love Makes the World Go Round
Beppo Corsini
Gianina
Beppo Corsini
Act 1
Sung By
Lips, Lips, Lips
Captain Arthur Stanley, Isabel de Vernon and Lady Chester
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
Captain Arthur Stanley, Isabel de Vernon, Richard Palmer Adams and Sophie Fishbacker
I Am the Pasha
Sir Reggie Chester, Lulu, Cluclu and Ensemble
Melody of Dance
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Melody of Dance
Night of Love
Isabel de Vernon
Down by the Nile
Fifine
Once Upon a Time
Captain Arthur Stanley and Isabel de Vernon
Act 2
Sung By
We Are the Fixers
Richard Palmer Adams, Lulu, Cluclu, Madamoiselle Cherie, Madamoiselle Nitouche, Madamoiselle Fleurie and Ensemble
Dream Girl Give Back My Dreams (to Me)
Captain Arthur Stanley and Isabel de Vernon
Melody of Dance
(Reprise)
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Melody of Dance
We Take It, Just Take It from You
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Carmencita
The Little Church Around the Corner
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Richard Palmer Adams, Sophie Fishbacker and Ensemble
Once Upon a Time
(Reprise)
Captain Arthur Stanley and Ensemble
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Max R. Wilner
and
Sigmund Romberg
Music by
Sigmund Romberg
; Book by
Frederic Arnold Krummer
; Lyrics by
Frederic Arnold Krummer
; Musical Director:
Charles Previn
; Music orchestrated by
Oscar Radin
; Additional lyrics by
Alex Gerber
Choreographed by
Jack Manning
; Staged by
J. C. Huffman
and
J. Clifford Brooke
; Musical Staging by
Allan K. Foster
Scenic Design by
Willy Pogany
; Costume Design by
Willy Pogany
Electrical Effect by
Frank D. Thomas
Eileen Adaire
Ensemble
Flavia Arcaro
Mrs. Fishbacker
Walter Armin
Salvatore
Bertee Beaumont
Lisa
Fifine
Claire Benedict
Ensemble
Earl Benham
Richard Palmer Adams
Robert Bentley
Prince Vladimir
Marie Bernard
Ensemble
Billie Booker
Ensemble
Frances Broeker
Ensemble
Harry Burdick
Ensemble
Herbert Carleton
Ensemble
Joseph Carleton
Ensemble
Nellie Crawford
Maria
Ensemble
Mary Cunningham
Madamoiselle Marguerite
Ensemble
Emile de Varny
Marquis de Vernon
Julia Dean
Gianina
Madame Jessonda
Rene Delting
Isabel de Vernon
Frisco Devere
Ensemble
Jack Dewey
Ensemble
Marion Dixon
Madamoiselle Nitouche
Elizabeth Drew
Ensemble
Leonard Feiner
Ensemble
Billy Fisher
Ensemble
Sylvia Ford
Ensemble
Adele Freeman
Teresa
Ensemble
Helen French
Ensemble
Estelle Garry
Ensemble
Charles Gilbert
Ensemble
Kathryn Gobet
Ensemble
Harriet Gustin
Ensemble
Ruth Henry
Ensemble
Claire Hodgson
Madamoiselle Fleurie
Legotie Hoover
Madamoiselle Cherie
Jeannette Kahn
Anita
Charles Lauben
Ensemble
Eleanor Leigh
Madamoiselle Yvonne
Ensemble
Lois Leigh
Melody of Dance
Madeline Levene
Ensemble
Jack Manning
Postman
Fay Marbe
Carmencita
Lola Winwood
Marie McConnell
Delarose
Cluclu
Tom McNaughton
Sir Reggie Chester
Grace Moore
Ensemble
Lucille Moore
Ensemble
Loretta Morgan
Ensemble
Louis Morrell
Antonio
Alma Morrison
Ensemble
Carmel Myers
Sophie Fishbacker
Beatriz Nisbet
Ensemble
Fina Orloff
Ensemble
Aileen Poe
Lady Chester
Charles Purcell
Beppo Corsini
Captain Arthur Stanley
Jean Rebera
Bianca
Ensemble
Jean Riley
Ensemble
Jean Rogers
Ensemble
Billie Roth
Beppino
Charles Schilling
Ensemble
Billie Sheridan
Ensemble
Gus Stevenson
Pietro
Ensemble
Eleanor Tierney
Ensemble
Charles Wallace
Ensemble
Dorothy Wallace
Lulu
Ensemble
Marion Ward
Ensemble
Vivian Ward
Ensemble
Shubert Theatre
(Nov 11, 1919 - Mar 17, 1920)
Musical Director:
Frank Cork
Cast
Ethel Andre
Ensemble
Walter Antrim
Captain Arthur Stanley
Robert Bentley
Antoine de Vernon
Irma Berline
Ensemble
Betty Brown
Ensemble
Lillian Browning
Ensemble
Marie Cooney
Ensemble
Nellie Crawford
Cluclu
Albert Deano
Pietro
Marion Dixon
Lady Chester
Ensemble
Charles Gilbert
The Minister
Emma Haig
Sophie Fishbacker
Charlotte Harvey
Ensemble
Claire Hodgson
Ensemble
Anna Jackson
Ensemble
Blanch Lee
Ensemble
Florence Major
Ensemble
Lillian Mathewson
Ensemble
Lucille Moore
Bianca
Beatrice Neal
Isabel de Vernon
Kitty Phelps
Ensemble
Jean Thomas
Ensemble
Doreen Verdet
Ensemble
John Waldron
Richard Palmer Adams
music by
Sigmund Romberg
; lyrics by
Frederic Arnold Kummer
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 0
Sung By
Love Makes the World Go Round
Beppo Corsini
Gianina
Beppo Corsini
Act 1
Sung By
Lips, Lips, Lips
Captain Arthur Stanley, Isabel de Vernon and Lady Chester
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
Captain Arthur Stanley, Isabel de Vernon, Richard Palmer Adams and Sophie Fishbacker
I Am the Pasha
Sir Reggie Chester, Lulu, Cluclu and Ensemble
Melody of Dance
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Melody of Dance
Night of Love
Isabel de Vernon
Down by the Nile
Fifine
Once Upon a Time
Captain Arthur Stanley and Isabel de Vernon
Act 2
Sung By
We Are the Fixers
Richard Palmer Adams, Lulu, Cluclu, Madamoiselle Cherie, Madamoiselle Nitouche, Madamoiselle Fleurie and Ensemble
Dream Girl Give Back My Dreams (to Me)
Captain Arthur Stanley and Isabel de Vernon
Melody of Dance
(Reprise)
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Melody of Dance
We Take It, Just Take It from You
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Carmencita
The Little Church Around the Corner
(lyrics by
Alex Gerber
)
Richard Palmer Adams, Sophie Fishbacker and Ensemble
Once Upon a Time
(Reprise)
Captain Arthur Stanley and Ensemble
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