Shows · Three’s a Crowd
Once the sponsors of The Second Little Show decided that the stars of the first Little Show — Clifton Webb, Fred Allen, and Libby Holman — would not be in their new revue, fledgling producer Max Gordon persuaded the trio to appear in his own revue. He further assured that Three’s a Crowd would be accepted in fact if not in name as the sequel to The Little Show by bringing along composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist H…
- Opened
- 1930
- Performances
- 272
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1919 | Cort Theatre Original. December 4, 1919 · predates this show | 12 performances |
| 1930 | Selwyn Theatre Revival. October 15, 1930 · Hassard Short | 272 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
24 passages naming Three’s a Crowd, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Once the sponsors of The Second Little Show decided that the stars of the first Little Show — Clifton Webb, Fred Allen, and Libby Holman — would not be in their new revue, fledgling producer Max Gordon persuaded the trio to appear in his own revue. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p80
Flying Colors flew in a direct line from The Little Show, Three’s a Crowd, and The Band Wagon. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p85
'The Moment I Saw You' (lyric by Howard Dietz and Newman)— also used in THREE’S A CROWD [October 15, 1931] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p265
“I Have No Words” was published two weeks before the Dietz lyric for the same music, “Something To Remember You By.” Although LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER opened after THREE’S A CROWD book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p268
Toes” from THREE’S A CROWD [October 15, 1930]. Mary Martin had been discovered in LEAVE IT TO ME [Porter: November 9, 1938] and signed to a Hollywood contract. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p311
Kern turned to a new producer: Max Gordon, who had cheered the depressed Broadway scene with THREE’S A CROWD [Schwartz: October 15, 1930] and THE BAND WAGON [Schwartz: June 3, 1931]. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p60
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