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The Mikado / The Big City / A Ball in Old Vienna
The Town of Titipu
Musical
Operetta
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 03, 1942
Closing Date
Mar 14, 1942
Performances
19
Musical
Operetta
Revival
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
This production was composed of the following shows:
The Mikado
,
A Ball in Old Vienna
,
The Big City
This production played in repertory with
H.M.S. Pinafore / The Green Table
,
The Pirates of Penzance / The Prodigal Son
,
Iolanthe
,
Trial by Jury
,
The Gondoliers
Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Feb 03, 1942 - Mar 14, 1942)
Description
A comic operetta in two acts
People
The Mikado
Category:
Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting:
Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official residence. Ko-Ko's garden in Titipu.
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Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Written by
W. S. Gilbert
; Music by
Sir Arthur Sullivan
; Musical Director:
Louis Kroll
Directed by
R.H. Burnside
Florenz Ames
Ko-Ko
Lord High Executioner of Titipu
Boston Opera Company Ensemble
Ensemble
Morton Bowe
Nanki-Poo
son of Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstrel
Helen Lanvin
Katisha
an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo
Bertram Peacock
Pooh-Bah
Lord High Everything Else
Frederick Persson
Pish-Tush
a Noble Lord
Robert Pitkin
The Mikado of Japan
Kathleen Roche
Yum-Yum
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Mary Roche
Pitti-Sing
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Margaret Roy
Peep-Bo
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
A Ball in Old Vienna
Category:
Special, Ballet, Original, Broadway
Setting:
Vienna in the 1840s.
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Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by
Joseph Lanner
; Music arranged by
Frederic Cohen
Choreographed by
Kurt Jooss
; Staged by
Leon Greanin
Costume Design by
Aino Sllmola
Joy Bolton-Carter
Dancer
Alfredo Corvino
Dancer
Marguerite De Anguera
Dancer
Noelle de Mosa
His Sweetheart
Jack Gansert
Dancer
Lucas Hovinga
The Eligible Young Man
Elsa Kahl
Her Aunt
Lydia Kocers
Dancer
Eva Leckstroem
His Partner
Henry Shwarz
The Dancing Master
Jack Skinner
Dancer
Bunty Slack
Her Aunt
Ulla Soederbaum
The Debutante
Hans Zullig
Her Admirer
The Big City
Category:
Special, Ballet, Original, Broadway
Setting:
The street; the workers' quarters; the dance hall.
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Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by
Alexander Tansman
Choreographed by
Kurt Jooss
Costume Design by
H. Heckroth
Noelle de Mosa
The Young Girl
Jack Gansert
The Libertine
Hans Zullig
The Young Workman
Songs
music by
Arthur Sullivan
; lyrics by
W. S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
If You Want to Know Who We Are
Chorus of Men
A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Nanki-Poo and Chorus
Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
Pish-Tush and Chorus
Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To
Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
And Have I Journey'd for a Month
Nanki-Poo and Pooh-Bah
Behold the Lord High Executioner
Ko-Ko
As Some Day It May Happen
Ko-Ko and Chorus
Comes a Train of Little Ladies
Chorus of Girls
Three Little Maids From School
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing and Chorus
So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted
Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo
I Am So Proud
Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Pish-Tush
With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Braid the Raven Hair
Pitti-Sing and Chorus of Girls
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Yum-Yum
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You
Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko
Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma
Chorus
A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist
The Mikado of Japan and Chorus
The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down
Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Pooh-Bah
Alone, and Yet Alive
Katisha
On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow
Ko-Ko
There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
Katisha and Ko-Ko
For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
Company
People
Songs
The Mikado
Category:
Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting:
Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official residence. Ko-Ko's garden in Titipu.
chevron_left
Hide List
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Written by
W. S. Gilbert
; Music by
Sir Arthur Sullivan
; Musical Director:
Louis Kroll
Directed by
R.H. Burnside
Florenz Ames
Ko-Ko
Lord High Executioner of Titipu
Boston Opera Company Ensemble
Ensemble
Morton Bowe
Nanki-Poo
son of Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstrel
Helen Lanvin
Katisha
an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo
Bertram Peacock
Pooh-Bah
Lord High Everything Else
Frederick Persson
Pish-Tush
a Noble Lord
Robert Pitkin
The Mikado of Japan
Kathleen Roche
Yum-Yum
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Mary Roche
Pitti-Sing
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Margaret Roy
Peep-Bo
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
A Ball in Old Vienna
Category:
Special, Ballet, Original, Broadway
Setting:
Vienna in the 1840s.
chevron_left
Hide List
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by
Joseph Lanner
; Music arranged by
Frederic Cohen
Choreographed by
Kurt Jooss
; Staged by
Leon Greanin
Costume Design by
Aino Sllmola
Joy Bolton-Carter
Dancer
Alfredo Corvino
Dancer
Marguerite De Anguera
Dancer
Noelle de Mosa
His Sweetheart
Jack Gansert
Dancer
Lucas Hovinga
The Eligible Young Man
Elsa Kahl
Her Aunt
Lydia Kocers
Dancer
Eva Leckstroem
His Partner
Henry Shwarz
The Dancing Master
Jack Skinner
Dancer
Bunty Slack
Her Aunt
Ulla Soederbaum
The Debutante
Hans Zullig
Her Admirer
The Big City
Category:
Special, Ballet, Original, Broadway
Setting:
The street; the workers' quarters; the dance hall.
chevron_left
Hide List
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by
Alexander Tansman
Choreographed by
Kurt Jooss
Costume Design by
H. Heckroth
Noelle de Mosa
The Young Girl
Jack Gansert
The Libertine
Hans Zullig
The Young Workman
music by
Arthur Sullivan
; lyrics by
W. S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
If You Want to Know Who We Are
Chorus of Men
A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Nanki-Poo and Chorus
Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
Pish-Tush and Chorus
Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To
Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
And Have I Journey'd for a Month
Nanki-Poo and Pooh-Bah
Behold the Lord High Executioner
Ko-Ko
As Some Day It May Happen
Ko-Ko and Chorus
Comes a Train of Little Ladies
Chorus of Girls
Three Little Maids From School
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing and Chorus
So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted
Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo
I Am So Proud
Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Pish-Tush
With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Braid the Raven Hair
Pitti-Sing and Chorus of Girls
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Yum-Yum
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You
Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko
Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma
Chorus
A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist
The Mikado of Japan and Chorus
The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down
Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Pooh-Bah
Alone, and Yet Alive
Katisha
On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow
Ko-Ko
There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
Katisha and Ko-Ko
For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
Company
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