Very Good Eddie
Shows · Very Good Eddie
Meek Eddie Kettle and his domineering wife take a Hudson River boat trip with the honeymooning Darcys. When the couples get separated at a stop, timid Eddie is left alone with the attractive Mrs. Darcy while his wife ends up with Mr. Darcy, forcing Eddie to summon unexpected courage.
- Opened
- 1915
- Performances
- 341
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions4 on Broadway
| 1915 | Princess Theatre Original. December 23, 1915 · Frank Sadler | 341 performances |
| 1918 | Palace Theatre Transfer. | |
| 1975 | Booth Theatre Revival. December 21, 1975 · Bill Gile | 304 performances |
| 1976 | Transfer Theatre unknown. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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The final Kern musical of the year was Very Good Eddie (12/23/15; 341 performances). Schuyler Greene was the lyricist along with Herbert Reynolds. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298
Kern wrote the score for the second Princess Theater show, Very Good Eddie (12/23/15; 341 performances). Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton contributed the book, and Herbert Reynolds and Schuyler Greene wrote the lyrics to Kern’s tunes. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p447
The show followed Bolton and Kern's Nobody Home and Very Good Eddie with Wodehouse joining the team for the first time. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p236
Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta (1910), Jerome Kern’s so-called Princess Theatre Shows (1915–1918) with books and lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton (especially Very Good Eddie and Leave It to Jane), Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy’s Irene (1919), Sigmund Romberg’s The Student Prince in Heidelberg (1924), Vin… book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p29
at least two of which, Very Good Eddie and Leave It to Jane, have been successfully revived in recent decades. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p50
Among the songs were “Isn’t It Great to Be Married?,” “Wedding Bells Are Calling Me,” “If I Find the Girl,” “Babes in the Wood,” and “Size Thirteen Collar,” the latter Eddie’s lament for his small size. “Babes in the Wood” became the biggest hit. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p402
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