Shows · Rosalie
Rosalie
Opened 1928
335 performances
Musical, Early
The Lindbergh-like pilot Richard Faye (Oliver McLennan) from West Point flies across the Atlantic to the Kingdom of Romanza to be near the Princess Rosalie (Marilyn Miller) whom he loves.
"When Rosalie appeared on Boadway in 1928, it was billed as an operetta.": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- George Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg
- Lyrics
- Ira Gershwin, P. G. Wodehouse
- Book
- William Anthony McGuire & Guy Bolton
Productions2 on Broadway
Songs5 songs
Say So!, West Point Song, Oh Gee! Oh Joy!, How Long Has This Been Going On?, Evrybody Knows I Love Somebody
Recordings 2 recordings
Critic Percy Hammond’s review of the performance in the New York Herald Tribune included a summation of Ziegfeld’s recent hit productions: “His enterprises were swamp lilies of the theatre, beauty arising from stagnant pools. But all of a sudden he has changed, ventured into fields more healthful, with the result that…
Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 603Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.