Shows · Hazel Flagg · Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1953
Hazel Flagg, 1953
Opened February 11, 1953
Closed September 19, 1953
190 performances
Original
Broadway
Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 144th longest run.
Who was in it53 named
Jonathan Harris
John Bartis
Christopher Brown
Chris Carter
David Carter
Ronald Cecill
Jerry Craig
Al Craine
Don Crichton
Bob Davis
Anna Friedland
Mary Harmon
Carol Hendricks
Ruby Herndon
Bill Heyer
Betsy Holland
Dossie Hollingsworth
Lori Jon
B J Keating
Gerard Leavitt
Dorothy Love
Sherry Mccutcheon
Beverly Mcfadden
Betty Mcmillen
Barbara Michaels
Judy Miller
Margot Myers
Virginia Poe
Eva Ralf
David Randall
Eric Schepard
Laurel Shelby
Michael Spaeth
Beryl Towbin
Lawrence Weber
Toni Wheelis
Richard Bishop
Creative team
- Director
- David Alexander
- Choreographer
- Robert Alton
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
Recordings
2 recordings of Hazel Flagg exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Hazel Flagg for all of them.
Around this production
The show received mixed reviews, with praise for Gallagher, Robert Alton's dances, Thomas Mitchell in a nonsinging lead, and veteran Jack Whiting's comeback as the mayor of New York, singing the show's hit, "Every Street's a Boulevard." But business was slow, and after five months the show suspended its run, having recouped half of its $240,000 investment.
The mayor was played by Jack Whiting, the amiable hero of countless musical comedies since the early 1920s, variously a boxer, a Coast Guard lieutenant, a movie star, a theatrical producer, a band leader: everyman. Now, as the mayor, he declared New York “a kingdom where the people wear the crown”—and that could be a d…
Anything Goes A History of American Musical Theatre Ethan Mordden, p. 181Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.