Shows · The Firebrand of Florence · Alvin Theatre, 1945
The Firebrand of Florence, 1945
Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 361st longest run.
Who was in it34 named
Lynn Alden
Paul Best
Mary Alice Bingham
Doris Blake
John Cassidy
Perdita Chandler
James Dobson
Rose Marie Elliot
Bert Freed
Norma Gentner
Walter Graf
Jean Guelis
Yvette Heap
Boyd Heathen
Ferdi Hoffman
Marya Iverson
Eric Kristen
Kenneth Leroy
Don Marshall
Allen Noel
Gedda Petry
Walter Rinner
Charles Sheldon
Frank Stevens
Randolph Symonette
William Vaux
Billy Williams
Creative team
- Director
- John Murray Anderson
- Choreographer
- Catherine Littlefield
Around this production
The Firebrand of Florence is a Broadway operetta in two acts, written by Kurt Weill (music), Ira Gershwin (lyrics), and Edwin Justus Mayer and Gershwin (book), based on Mayer's play. The show opened at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon) on March 22, 1945, and closed on April 28 that year after 43 performances. The original production was directed by John Murray Anderson, choreographed by Catherine Littlefield, and conducted by Maurice Abravanel; it featured Lotte Lenya as Duchess. In 2017, Kim H. Kowalke and John Baxindine conceived a suite of dances from The Firebrand of Florence named Much Ado about Love (the original title of the show) which was performed at the Brevard Music Center,…
First performance of Much Ado about Love (eventually retitled The Firebrand of Florence) at the Colonial Theatre, Boston. The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin Gershwin Ira 1896 1983, p. 30
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