Appendix 2 Longest Runs of First Performances of Operettas from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940
Broadway Top Twenty
1. Berté/Schubert/Romberg, Blossom Time (Ambassador, 1921): 516
2. Lehár, The Merry Widow (New Amsterdam, 1907): 416
3. Eysler, The Blue Paradise (Casino, 1915): 356
4. Kálmán, Countess Maritza (Shubert, 1926): 321
5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Jr & Sr, The Great Waltz (Center, 1934): 298
6. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1909): 296
7. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Knickerbocker, 1909): 288
8. Gilbert, The Lady in Ermine (Ambassador, 1922): 238
9. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Center, 1936): 233
10. Kálmán, Miss Springtime (New Amsterdam, 1916): 224
11. Stolz, Sky High (Shubert, 1925): 217
12. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (Liberty, 1910): 208
13. Kálmán, Her Soldier Boy (Astor, 1916): 198
14. Kálmán, The Circus Princess (Winter Garden, 1927): 192
15. Straus, The Last Waltz (Century, 1921): 185
16. Berény, Little Boy Blue (Lyric, 1911): 184
17. Granichstaedten, The Rose Maid (Globe, 1912): 181
18. Lehár, Alone at Last (Shubert, 1915): 180
19= Gilbert, The Red Robe (Shubert, 1928): 167
19= Benatzky, Meet My Sister (Shubert, 1930): 167
Maytime, which opened at the Shubert in 1917, ran for 492 performances, but Kollo’s music was replaced by that of Romberg.
West End Top Twenty
1. Lehár, The Merry Widow (Daly’s, 1907): 778
2. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (Empire, 1918): 747
3. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Coliseum, 1931): 651
4. Berté/Schubert/Clutsam, Lilac Time (Lyric, 1922): 628
5. Korngold/Bittner/Strauss Sr & Jr, Waltzes from Vienna (Alhambra, 1931): 607
6. Gilbert, The Lady of the Rose (Daly’s, 1922): 515
7. Gilbert, Katja, the Dancer (Gaiety then Daly’s, 1925): 514
8. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric, 1910): 500
9. Fall, Madame Pompadour (Daly’s, 1923): 461
10. Benatzky and Strauss, Casanova (Coliseum, 1932): 429
11. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Daly’s, 1909): 428
12. Mackeben/Millöcker, The Dubarry (His Majesty’s, 1932): 398
13. Gilbert, The Girl in the Taxi (Lyric, 1912): 384
14. Kálmán, Soldier Boy (Apollo, 1918): 374
15= Fall, The Girl in the Train (Vaudeville, 1910): 339
15= Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (Daly’s, 1911): 339
17. Lehár, Gipsy Love (Daly’s, 1912): 299
18. Stolz, Wild Violets (Drury Lane, 1932): 290
19. Straus, The Last Waltz (Gaiety, 1922): 283
20. Gilbert, Yvonne (Daly’s, 1926): 281
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