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Appendix 2 - Longest Runs of First Performances of Operettas from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

Derek B. Scott
Derek B. Scott
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University of Leeds
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German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940 , pp. 317 - 318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019
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Appendix 2 Longest Runs of First Performances of Operettas from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940

Broadway Top Twenty

  1. 1. Berté/Schubert/Romberg, Blossom Time (Ambassador, 1921): 516

  2. 2. Lehár, The Merry Widow (New Amsterdam, 1907): 416

  3. 3. Eysler, The Blue Paradise (Casino, 1915): 356

  4. 4. Kálmán, Countess Maritza (Shubert, 1926): 321

  5. 5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Jr & Sr, The Great Waltz (Center, 1934): 298

  6. 6. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1909): 296

  7. 7. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Knickerbocker, 1909): 288

  8. 8. Gilbert, The Lady in Ermine (Ambassador, 1922): 238

  9. 9. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Center, 1936): 233

  10. 10. Kálmán, Miss Springtime (New Amsterdam, 1916): 224

  11. 11. Stolz, Sky High (Shubert, 1925): 217

  12. 12. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (Liberty, 1910): 208

  13. 13. Kálmán, Her Soldier Boy (Astor, 1916): 198

  14. 14. Kálmán, The Circus Princess (Winter Garden, 1927): 192

  15. 15. Straus, The Last Waltz (Century, 1921): 185

  16. 16. Berény, Little Boy Blue (Lyric, 1911): 184

  17. 17. Granichstaedten, The Rose Maid (Globe, 1912): 181

  18. 18. Lehár, Alone at Last (Shubert, 1915): 180

  19. 19= Gilbert, The Red Robe (Shubert, 1928): 167

  20. 19= Benatzky, Meet My Sister (Shubert, 1930): 167

    Maytime, which opened at the Shubert in 1917, ran for 492 performances, but Kollo’s music was replaced by that of Romberg.

West End Top Twenty

  1. 1. Lehár, The Merry Widow (Daly’s, 1907): 778

  2. 2. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (Empire, 1918): 747

  3. 3. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Coliseum, 1931): 651

  4. 4. Berté/Schubert/Clutsam, Lilac Time (Lyric, 1922): 628

  5. 5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Sr & Jr, Waltzes from Vienna (Alhambra, 1931): 607

  6. 6. Gilbert, The Lady of the Rose (Daly’s, 1922): 515

  7. 7. Gilbert, Katja, the Dancer (Gaiety then Daly’s, 1925): 514

  8. 8. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1910): 500

  9. 9. Fall, Madame Pompadour (Daly’s, 1923): 461

  10. 10. Benatzky and Strauss, Casanova (Coliseum, 1932): 429

  11. 11. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Daly’s, 1909): 428

  12. 12. Mackeben/Millöcker, The Dubarry (His Majesty’s, 1932): 398

  13. 13. Gilbert, The Girl in the Taxi (Lyric, 1912): 384

  14. 14. Kálmán, Soldier Boy (Apollo, 1918): 374

  15. 15= Fall, The Girl in the Train (Vaudeville, 1910): 339

  16. 15= Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (Daly’s, 1911): 339

  17. 17. Lehár, Gipsy Love (Daly’s, 1912): 299

  18. 18. Stolz, Wild Violets (Drury Lane, 1932): 290

  19. 19. Straus, The Last Waltz (Gaiety, 1922): 283

  20. 20. Gilbert, Yvonne (Daly’s, 1926): 281

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