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Hellzapoppin

Opened 1938

1,404 performances

Revue, Early

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Artist:Frank Morgan. Can't be seen well on this image but can be examined at All posters Japan

Hellzapoppin is a musical revue written by the comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, consisting of John "Ole" Olsen and Harold "Chic" Johnson, with music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias. The revue was a hit, running for over three years, and was at the time the longest-running Broadway musical, with 1,404 performances, making it one of only three plays to run more than 500 performances in the 1930s.

"The World": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Sammy Fain, etc.
Lyrics
Charles Tobias, etc.

Productions1 on Broadway

1938
46th Street TheatreBroadway Original, opened September 22, 1938, directed by Edward Duryea Dowling
1,404 performances

Songs4 songs

Fuddle Dee Duddle, Abe Lincoln, It’s Time to Say Aloha, Boomps-a-Daisy

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