Ankles Aweigh

Productions1 on Broadway

1955

Mark Hellinger Theatre Original. April 18, 1955 · Fred F. Finklehoffe

176 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 1 album held

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19 passages naming Ankles Aweigh, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

There have been a few exceptions, such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) and Nine (1982), but the odds are against success: over three dozen musicals set wholly (or partially) in Italy have floundered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, or on the road. Seven alone opened during the 1950s; besides The Liar… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p61

If a musical-comedy dictionary existed, perhaps the word “mediocrity” would be defined by Ankles Aweigh . And yet somehow the musical holds a special place in the hearts of musical theatre fans because it had absolutely no pretensions and seemed content to unapologetically bask in unadulterated cheesiness. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p457

Perhaps the most surprising moment in the history of Ankles Aweigh occurred when it received an out-of-the-clear-blue-sky revival at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, on July 13, 1988. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p459

while her program biography listed eight of her stage credits there was nary a mention of Ankles Aweigh . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p637

And A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (He also had a hand in some flops, including Seventh Heaven, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Ankles Aweigh.) book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p130

And please understand, though many guilty pleasures were flops, they weren't all bad shows. Bad shows include such dogs as Seventh Heaven, Her First Roman, Christine, and Victor/Victoria (“Paris Makes Me Horny.” Need we say more’). So, crank up the stereo and let ‘er rip with “Walk Like a Sailor” from Ankles Aweigh! An… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p168