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The Show Is On, 1936

Opened December 25, 1936

Closed July 17, 1937

237 performances

Winter Garden Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1930s, this had the 83rd longest run.

Other stagings of The Show Is On 1 more

1937
Winter Garden TheatreBroadway Return-Engagement, directed by Vincente Minnelli
17 performances

Who was in it46 named

Marion Allen
Gene Ashley
Hazel Boffinger
Kenneth Bostock
Mary Ann Carr
Andre Charise
Dorothy Daly
Doris Donaldson
Helen Ecklund
Hugh Ellsworth
Peggy Gallimore
Pearl Harris
Irene Kelly
Jerrie Koban
Jane Lane
June Mcnulty
Gertrude Medwin
Jean Moorehead
Marion Murray
Gifford Nash
Mortimer O Brien
Paul Owen
Mary Phillips
Mischa Pompianov
Harry Rogue
Polly Rose
Roy Campbell S Continentals
Richard Satterfield
Sherry Stuart
Evelyn Thawl
Williem van Loon
Mildred Webb

Creative team

Choreographer
Harry Losee, Robert Alton
Producer
Messrs. Shubert

Around this production

The Show Is On was one of the season’s merriest carnivals, and it solidified director and…

237 performances Music mostly by Duke (see Arlen, Gershwin, Lane and Rodgers) Lyrics mostly by Ted Fetter Sketches mostly by David Freedman and Moss Hart Directed by Vincente Minnelli Produced by Lee Shubert With Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr Published song: ¢ ‘Now’ b] Additional song published in USO/Camp Shows “AT EASE” (Volume 4): “The Finale Marches On” (lyric by E. Y. Harburg and Fetter) Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 306

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