Golden Dawn
Shows · Golden Dawn
In East Africa during World War I, a beautiful blonde woman named Dawn lives among a native tribe that worships her as a goddess. A British prisoner of war falls in love with her, but the tribal chief also desires Dawn. When Dawn's true European identity is revealed, she must choose between the world she has known and the man she loves, while navigating the dangers of both colonial and tribal politics.
- Opened
- 1927
- Performances
- 184
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1927 | Hammerstein's Theatre Original. November 30, 1927 · Reginald Hammerstein | 184 performances |
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9 passages naming Golden Dawn, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Opening: November 30, 1927; The Golden Dawn. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p165
Golden Dawn did contain two Broadway firsts: the first topless chorus girl and the Broadway debut of Archie Leach, who would later be better known in Hollywood as Cary Grant. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p227
Hammerstein’s next show, Golden Dawn (11/30/ 27; 184 performances), was followed by his first classic musical comedy, the enormously successful Show Boat (12/27/27; 572 performances). This legendary musical, with book and lyrics by Hammerstein and music by JEROME KERN, opened at the ZIEGFELD THEATER. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p233
Note that the 1922 revue Better Times isn’t to be confused with the 1931 revue of the same name which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout (see entry). book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p173
In his first two Broadway appearances, he ran the gamut of roles: from a blackface villain in the now notorious operetta Golden Dawn (1927) book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p110
Hammerstein's Golden Dawn, in fact, had opened only a month earlier, and Ziegfeld had opened Follies of 1927 that August. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p194
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