Florodora
Shows · Florodora
Next to the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, Florodora was the most successful early British import staged in New York, even exceeding the original London run of 455 performances. The highlight of the show was the appearance of the dainty, parasol-twirling Florodora Sextette who, with six male partners, introduced the coquettish number, “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden.” In the plotty plot, Florodora is both the name of an…
- Opened
- 1900
- Performances
- 553
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions8 on Broadway
| 1899 | West End Original. · predates this show | |
| 1900 | Casino Theatre Original. November 12, 1900 · Lewis Hopper & Willie Edouin | 553 performances |
| 1902 | Broadway revival Revival. | |
| 1905 | Broadway revival Revival. | |
| 1915 | West End revival Revival. | |
| 1920 | Century Theatre Revival. April 5, 1920 · Lewis Morton | 150 performances |
| 1931 | West End revival Revival. | |
| 2006 | West End revival Revival. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
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25 passages naming Florodora, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Next to the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, Florodora was the most successful early British import staged in New York, even exceeding the original London run of 455 performances. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p20
In October the smash hit show Florodora moved from the CAsINo THEATRE to finish its run. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p408
For example, Florodora (London, 1899; New York, 1900), with its showstopping \"Sextctte\" (actually six women and their male counterparts: \"Tell me, pretty maiden, are Together with their suitors, six\") book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p159
And so there were winks at Earl Carroll, Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Buchanan, and Broadway producers as well as spoofs of Othello and Florodora. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p72
Along the way, Broadway Joe and the audience meet a virtual Who’s Who of the era, including Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, Anna Held, John L. Sullivan, and Steve Brody, and everyone gets to enjoy “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” from the era’s hit show Florodora (which opened in London in 1899 for 455 showings and in New… book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p302
By this time, theatregoers were paying up to $2.00 a performance. Florodora, about lovely ladies and handsome gentlemen in the Philippines, ran for 553 performances. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p21
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