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Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

We hold no picture of this show. This is the Marquis Theatre, where it played in 2008.
We hold no picture of this show. This is the Marquis Theatre, where it played in 2008. Epicgenius

Shows · Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

Following the lead of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, this musical, based on the popular 1954 film version of White Christmas, returned for an encore run a year after it made its Broadway debut. The original film, which starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney, had grown in stature in recent years, prompting the production of a stage version, which was presented on the increasingly family-orie…

Opened
2008
Performances
53
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Irving BerlinLyrics: Irving BerlinBook: David Ives & Paul Blake

Productions4 on Broadway

2008 Marquis Theatre Original. November 23, 2008 · Walter Bobbie 53 performances
2009 Marquis Theatre Return-Engagement. November 22, 2009 · Walter Bobbie 51 performances
2014 Dominion Theatre Original.
2019 Dominion Theatre Original.

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

6 passages naming Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

I was particularly excited to meet Leonard Lopate of WNYC! And Tommy Tune came backstage! book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2008-may-2009-fifth-robert-viagas-5th-annual#p166

Stephen Bogardus has had some funny lyric moments. My favorite is when he sang an alternate lyric in “Sisters.” The lyric is “She wore the dress and I stayed home.” He sang “She wrote the book and I called home.” What makes it particularly funny, though, is that Kate Baldwin heard about it (she played Betty in San Fran… book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2008-may-2009-fifth-robert-viagas-5th-annual#p167

Favorite Therapy: Reflexology sessions generously donated by David Ogden Stiers. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2009-to-may-2010-sixth-viagas-robert-new-yor#p171

Between 2001 and 2014 the majority of new musicals were based on successful movies; these include: ... Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Ghost: The Musical, Leap of Faith, Bring It On, Elf, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Kinky Boots, Big Fish and Rocky, The Musical. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p287

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas was adapted from the 1954 movie. Put together primarily as a tour, the production made two book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p296

But even Menken and Rice’s staunchest fans—indeed, even Menken and Rice themselves—might well admit that they’re more interested in seeing the theater than the show. But even Menken and Rice’s staunchest fans—indeed, even Menken and Rice themselves—might well admit that they’re more interested in seeing the theater tha… book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p253

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