Orange Blossoms (musical)
Orange Blossoms | |
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Music | Victor Herbert |
Lyrics | Buddy DeSylva |
Book | Fred de Gresac |
Basis | The Marriage of Kitty by Fred de Gresac |
Productions | 1922, Fulton Theatre, Broadway |
Orange Blossoms is a 1922 musical comedy with music by Victor Herbert and a book by Fred de Gresac, based on her own 1902 French play La Passerelle which had also been translated and staged on Broadway in 1903 as The Marriage of Kitty.[1]
It ran for 95 performances at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway between September 19 and December 9, 1922. Produced and directed by Edward Royce, the cast included Alta King, Pat Somerset, Queenie Smith, Edith Day, Hal Skelly, Nancy Welford, and Jack Whiting. The setting is contemporary France with the action taking place in Paris and Cannes.
References[]
- ^ Dietz p.122
Bibliography[]
- Dan Dietz. The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Categories:
- 1922 musicals
- American musicals
- Compositions by Victor Herbert
- Broadway musicals
- Musicals based on plays
- Musical theatre stubs