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Shows · Wildflower · Casino Theatre, 1923

Wildflower, 1923

Opened February 7, 1923

Closed March 29, 1924

477 performances

Casino Theatre

Original

Broadway

Wildflower
Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d

Of the productions that opened in the 1920s, this had the 31st longest run.

Who was in it41 named

Florence Ashton
Evelyn Cavanaugh
Viola Clarens
Elizabeth Coyle
Jerome Daley
James Doyle
Charles Froom
Frank Grinell
Muriel Harrison
Adele Hart
Agnes Horter
Robert Hurst
Charles Judels
Al Kinley
Louis Laub
Helen Lewis
Ursula Mack
Genevieve Markham
Beverly Maude
William Mcgurn
Myrtle Miller
Margaret Morris
Verona Oakley
Marie Otto
Marion Phillips
Paul Porter
Marion Randall
Martinez Randall
Kenneth Smith
Sybil Steward
Peggy Stohl
Emmy Tattersall
Marjorie Wood
Gladys Dore
Bernard Gorcey
Bobby Higgins
Viviene Russell

Creative team

Director
Oscar Eagle
Choreographer
David Bennett

Around this production

Wildflower or The Wildflower (as styled on the sheet music), is a musical in three acts with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. The plot concerns a pretty Italian farmgirl, Nina, who has a fiery temper. She stands to inherit a fortune provided that she can keep her temper under control for six months. If she fails, the money goes to her cousin Bianca, who tries to provoke her. She manages to do it, and gets the money, as well as her man, Guido. Several of the songs were published, among which "Bambalina" and the title song were the most popular. The musical proved to be Day's last Broadway show before moving to London.…

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