Shows · The Show Is On
The fifth and final mid-Thirties revue presented by the Shuberts at the Winter Garden was one of the brightest, merriest, and most elegant of the decade’s stage attractions. Featuring two superior clowns, Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, The Show Is On was something of a successor to At Home Abroad, only this time the theme was around the world of show business. In songs, sketches, and production numbers, it looked in…
- Opened
- 1936
- Performances
- 237
- Type
- Revue
- Era
- Early
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1936 | Winter Garden Original. December 25, 1936 · Vincente Minnelli, Edward Clark Lilley | 237 performances |
| 1937 | Winter Garden Theatre Return-Engagement. September 18, 1937 · Vincente Minnelli | 17 performances |
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9 passages naming The Show Is On, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
'Rhythm' (lyric by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers; from 1933 London revue Please! ; from 1936 New York revue The Show Is On ; and 1938 London revue Happy Returns ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p277
“The Star-Spangled Banner” (by Francis Scott Key; special version for Beatrice Lillie that was heard in 1936 revue The Show Is On and 1938 film Doctor Rhythm ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p279
a David Freedman revue, The Show Is On (12/25/36; 236 performances) book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298
“Rhythm’’—also used in THE SHOW IS ON [December 25, 1936] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p201
"His one Broadway song hit was “Little Old Lady” (lyric by Stanley Adams), interpolated into THE SHOW IS ON [Arlen, Duke, Gershwin, Rodgers, Schwartz: December 25, 1936]." book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p570
“Rhythm” (lyric by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers; from 1933 London revue Please!; from 1936 New York revue The Show Is On; and 1938 London revue Happy Returns); book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p279
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