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Sweet Adeline

Opened 1929

234 performances

Musical, Early

File:Sweet Adeline sheet music.jpg — Words by Richard H. Gerard, music by Henry W. Armstrong, published by M. Witmark & Sons, illustrator and photographer unknown

Because of their admiration for Helen Morgan’s performance in Show Boat, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein collaborated on a nostalgic musical designed as a vehicle to show off the singer’s talents. Set in and around New York in 1898, the story concerns Addie Schmidt, the daughter of a Hoboken beer-garden owner, and her three loves.

Music: Jerome Kern
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II

Productions1 on Broadway

1929

Hammerstein’s TheatreBroadway Original, opened September 3, 1929, directed by Reginald Hammerstein

234 performances

Songs6 songs

‘Twas Not So Long Ago, Here Am I, Why Was I Born?, The Sun About to Rise, Some Girl Is on Your Mind, Don’t Ever Leave Me

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