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Comedy in Music, 1953

Shows · Comedy in Music · John Golden Theatre, 1953

Comedy in Music
We hold no picture of this staging. This one is filed against Comedy in Music and could document any of its runs. None
Original BroadwayJohn Golden Theatre 849 performances

The run closed January 21, 1956

Opened
October 2, 1953
Closed
January 21, 1956
Performances
849
Previews
Unknown

Of the 706 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and carry a performance count, this is the 15th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in itnone yet

No cast list for this production.

Creative team

Director
Victor Borge
Producer
Harry D. Squires

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Recordings 3 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Comedy in Music, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

Around this production

  • Victor Borge, who broke all sorts of records with his one-man show called “Comedy In Music.” A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860 1985 Blum, p. 345
  • COMEDY IN MUSIC 849 performances Opened October 2, 1953; Closed January 21, 1956 Theatre World 2003 04 Season V 60 Willis, p. 296

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • Which of the 3 recordings of Comedy in Music document this run, if any.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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