The New Moon
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The New Moon is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg written in the style of Viennese operetta.
- Opened
- 1928
- Performances
- 509
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions3 on Broadway
| 1928 | Imperial Theatre Original. September 19, 1928 · (Edgar MacGregor uncredited) | 509 performances |
| 1942 | Carnegie Hall Revival. August 18, 1942 · John Pierce | 24 performances |
| 1944 | City Center Revival. May 17, 1944 · José Ruben | 44 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 2 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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The reason the two composers shared the assignment is that Romberg could not undertake it alone because he was then also creating the music for The New Moon. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p69
The New Moon had to endure a tryout so disastrous that it was shut down completely while extensive alterations were made to the story, the score, and the cast. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p71
Celebrated for his lush scores for operettas in exotic locales (The Desert Song, The New Moon), Sigmund Romberg joined with lyricist Dorothy Fields to recapture the vintage Currier and Ives charms found up in New York’s Central Park in the 1870s. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p126
On September 19, 1928, another blockbuster came to this house: Sigmund Romberg's glorious operetta The New Moon, with a libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. Set in New Orleans at the time of the French Revolution, the operetta was studded with such gems as "Wanting You," "Lover, Come Bac… book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p175
The New Moon (9/19/28; 509 performances), with book and lyrics by Hammerstein and music by Sigmund Romberg, opened at the Imperial Theatre. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p233
The New Moon was among the last successful operettas mounted on Broadway. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p277
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