Here's Howe is a musical in two acts with music by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer and lyrics by Irving Caesar . The swing music standard " Crazy Rhythm " was written for this show. The work's musical book was written by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith . The musical is set mainly in Boston, Massachusetts at the Tredwell Motor Company where the play's central characters work; but with additional scenes in Havana, Cuba when the characters take a trip abroad.
5-643: The musical premiered at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on April 23, 1928, for a week of tryout performances. The work opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 1, 1928, and was produced by Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley with Paul Lannin serving as musical director; Sammy Lee as choreographer; costumes designed by Kiviette; and scenic designs by John Wenger. It closed after 71 performances on June 30, 1928. Time called
10-702: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shubert Theatre (Boston) The Shubert Theatre is a theatre in Boston , Massachusetts , at 263–265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District . The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building, which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond , it
15-645: The Broadway production one "for fun-loving rovers". The production marked the American debut of French soprano and actress Colette D'Arville as Claudette Pernier. Other leading performers in the show included William Frawley as Toplis, Ben Bernie , as Dan Danny, Eric Blore as Sir Basil Carraway, Irene Delroy as Joyce Baxter, Peggy Chamberlain as Cora Bibby, Allen Kearns as Billy Howe, Helen Carrington as Toni Treadwell, Ross Himes as Mr. Petrie, and Dillon Ober as Wilbur. This musical theatre related article
20-706: The Sam S. Shubert Theatre —in 1980. In February 1996, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts signed a 40-year lease agreement to operate the theatre with the Shubert Organization, which continues to own the building and property. The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical Rent . The Boch family became the namesake of
25-521: Was taken over by The Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death. The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert , middle brother of the Shubert family , who had died in 1905. The theater opened on January 24, 1910, with a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew , starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe . The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places —as
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