Maurice Chevalier, 1955

The run closed November 6, 1955

Opened

September 28, 1955

Closed

November 6, 1955

Performances

46

Previews

Unknown

Theatre

Lyceum Theatre

Of the 706 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and carry a performance count, this is the 324th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Maurice Chevalier 3 more that season

1930	Fulton Theatre Original	18 perf.
1932	Fulton Theatre Revival	17 perf.
1947	Henry Millers Theatre Revival	46 perf.

Who was in it1 named

1 of these 1 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Producer

Gilbert Miller

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.

Around this production

Maurice Chevalier was the first of a series of performers to present one-person shows at the theater, including Emlyn Williams, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Victor Borge. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 286

• The legendary French entertainer Maurice Chevalier’s current New York engagement (officially titled Maurice Chevalier in Songs and Impressions ) was his fifth of seven limited-engagement one-man Broadway visits over a period of thirty-five years. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 505
• At one time he held a contract with Maurice Chevalier, then attracting attention in Parisian revues, for his Broadway debut (Dede, by Willemetz and Christine, was the musical planned for him)—but the French star “reneged” on coming over because he thought he couldn’t compete with A1 Jolson, the then #1 troubadour at th… Revue A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period Baral Robert Author 1st E, p. 32

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.
• No recording is held for Maurice Chevalier at all.
• No director named.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.