Shows · Second Little Show
A follow-up to the hit intimate revue The Little Show, this sequel features a series of sophisticated sketches and musical numbers satirizing contemporary life, romance, and society. Though it lacked the spark of the original, it showcased the emerging songwriting talents of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.
- Opened
- 1930
- Performances
- 63
- Type
- Revue
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1930 | Royale Theatre Original. September 2, 1930 · Dwight Deere Wiman | 63 performances |
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10 passages naming Second Little Show, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
THE SECOND LITTLE SHOW [Schwartz: September 2, 1930} — without Webb, Holman and Allen—had done poorly; this final edi- tion, without even Schwartz and Dietz, fared little better. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p318
What a Young Girl Ought to Know—revised version of What a Case I’ve Got on You from SECOND LITTLE SHOW [September 2, 1930] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p169
THE SECOND LITTLE SHOW [Schwartz: September 2, 1930]—without Webb, Holman, and Allen—had done poorly. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p197
But everyone was disappointed with The Second Little Show, which opened the month before Three’s a Crowd premiered: like the first edition, the score was mostly by Dietz and Schwartz, but it didn’t produce an evergreen, and critics and audiences missed Webb, Allen, and Holman. As a result, the second edition collapsed… book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p90
'Sing Something Simple' (The Second Little Show; lyric and music by Herman Hupfeld) book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p107
The Second Little Show, 56–57 book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p703
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