Banjo Eyes
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Erwin Trowbridge, a meek wallflower, dreams of striking it rich and impressing the people around him. He stumbles into the world of horse racing after a bizarre dream in which a talking horse gives him tips on sure winners. Armed with this mystical inside information, Erwin bets big and becomes a sensation at the track, attracting both admirers and trouble as his winning streak draws the attention of dangerous gamble…
- Opened
- 1941
- Performances
- 126
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1941 | Hollywood Theatre Original. December 25, 1941 · Hassard Short | 126 performances |
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Johnson had the distinction of introducing on Broadway songs by Vernon Duke, Cole Porter, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. In Duke’s Banjo Eyes (1941), he introduced the jaunty “Not a Care in the World” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p520
Let It Ride, with a score by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p26
Stage shows: The Yellow Mask (28); Cabin in the Sky (40); Banjo Eyes (41); The Lady Comes Across (42); Jackpot (44); Sadie Thompson (44). book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p142
*Three Men on a Horse had previously been musicalized on Broadway in 1941 as BANJO EYES by Joe Quillan & Izzy Elinson, lyrics by John Latouche & Harold Adamson, music by Vernon Duke, and starring Eddie Cantor book:the-musicals-no-one-come-to-see-a-guidebook-to-four-simas-simas-garland-referenc#p210
Three Men on a Horse was musicalized for Broadway twice but without success. Banjo Eyes (1941) and Let It Ride! (1961) both failed to run despite some major talents involved; Abbott was not among them. book:the-abbott-touch-thomas-hischak-2023-bloomsbury-publishing#p74
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