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Shows · Irene · Vanderbilt Theatre, 1919

Irene, 1919

Opened November 18, 1919

Closed June 18, 1921

670 performances

Vanderbilt Theatre

Original

Broadway

Irene
“Alice Blue Gown” sheet music, New York: Leo Feist, 1919

Of the productions that opened in the 1910s, this had the 4th longest run.

Other stagings of Irene 2 more

1923
Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Edward Royce
16 performances
1973
Minskoff TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Gower Champion
594 performances

Who was in it40 named

Abner Barnhart
Arden Benlian
Harry Blake
Cornelia Burchell
Arthur Burckly
Robert Burns
Austin Clark
Walter Croft
Vivian Davidson
Betty de Grasse
Marion Dockerill
George Eising
Irene Enright
Josephine Kernell
Ethel Kinley
Lillian Lee
John B Litel
Erica Mackay
Bernice Mccabe
John Mcsorley
Constance Melville
Gladys Miller
Helen Miller
Florence Mills
Margaret Moore
Adele Ormiston
Edna Ross
Al Watson
Alfred Watson
Dorothy Whitmore
Patti Harrold
Adele Rowland

Creative team

Director
Edward Royce
Choreographer
Edward Royce
Producer
Carle Carlton & Joseph McCarthy

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings

1 recording of Irene exist, but none was released while this run was on. See Irene for all of them.

Around this production

The Minskoff Theatre opened on March 13, 1973, with a lavish revival of the 1919 musical Irene. Debbie Reynolds played the title role and sang the show's classic, 'Alice Blue Gown.' The cast also included Patsy Kelly, Monte Markham, Janie Sell, Ruth Warrick, Carmen. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 347

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