Book contents
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- 5 A New Year Begins
- 6 A Tale of Two Operettas
- 7 The Coming of Spring
- 8 The Resplendence of the Revue
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
8 - The Resplendence of the Revue
from Part II - From Winter to Spring
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2024
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Reviews
- The Year that Made the Musical
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I From One Year to the Next
- Part II From Winter to Spring
- 5 A New Year Begins
- 6 A Tale of Two Operettas
- 7 The Coming of Spring
- 8 The Resplendence of the Revue
- Part III From Summer to Autumn
- Part IV From December Onwards
- Select Discography and Videography
- Permissions
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The numerous revues that opened in spring 1924 reflected many different approaches to the popular and profitable genre. Five revues debuted over four days in May in New York (including I’ll Say She Is, starring the Marx Brothers; Innocent Eyes, featuring Mistinguett and on-stage nudity; and The Grand Street Follies, produced away from Times Square at the Neighborhood Playhouse). London had its own revues open that showed tremendous aesthetic contrasts, including Elsie Janis at Home starring the popular American entertainer, and two editions of major series: Ziegfeld’s Follies, which included a sequence dedicated to the memory of Victor Herbert, and George White’s Scandals, the last Scandals for which George Gershwin wrote music, premiered on Broadway.
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- The Year that Made the Musical1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre, pp. 108 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024