Make Mine Manhattan
{{short description|1948 Broadway revue}}
{{Infobox Musical
| image = MakeMineManhattan.jpg
| name = Make Mine Manhattan
| venue = Original Broadway Production
| caption = Sheet music
| music = Richard Lewine
| lyrics = Arnold Horwitt
| sketches = Arnold Horwitt
| theatre = Broadhurst Theatre
| opened = January 15, 1948
| closed = January 8, 1949
| producer = Joseph M. Hyman
| director = Hassard Short
| choreographer = Lee Sherman
| scenery = Frederick Fox
| costumes = Morton Haack
| lighting = Hassard Short
| starring = Sid Caesar, David Burns
| web =
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Make Mine Manhattan is a 1948 Broadway revue with music by Richard Lewine, lyrics by Hassard Short, and sketches by Arnold Horwitt and produced by Joseph Hyman.[https://www.imdb.com/ broadway-production/make-mine-manhattan-1639/fullcredits Make Mine Manhattan] at Internet Broadway Database
Production
Make Mine Manhattan premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on January 15, 1948, and closed on January 8, 1949, after 429 performances. It has previously had a tryout in Philadelphia at the Forrest Theatre for two weeks starting December 23, 1947.Philadelphia Inquirer, Wednesday, December 24, 1947, p. 14.
It was staged and lighted by Hassard Short, with sketches directed by Max Liebman; music directed by Charles Sanford; choreography by Lee Sherman, settings by Frederick Fox and costumes by Morton Haack.Chapman, John, ed., The Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1947–48, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1948, p. 377.
The company included Sid Caesar, in his Broadway debut, David Burns, Sheila Bond, Jack Kilty, Wayne Lamb, Kyle MacDonnell, Joshua Shelley and others. Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times called it "a very pleasant musical revue."The New York Times, January 16, 1948, p. 26.
David Ewin described the show as follows: "Perhaps its greatest significance lay in the fact that it introduced Sid Caesar as one of the supreme comics of our time."Ewen, David, Complete Book of the American Musical Theater, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1958, p. 372
Songs
- "Phil the Fiddler"
- "Movie House in Manhattan"
- "Traftz"
- "The Good Old Days"
- "Saturday Night in Central Park"
- "Ringalevio"
- "Noises in the Street"
- "Subway Song"
- "A Night Out"
- "My Brudder and Me"
- "Gentleman Friend"
- "I Don't Know Her Name"
- "I Fell in Love with You"
References
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External links
- {{IBDB title|1639}}
- {{Playbill production|make-mine-manhattan-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002103}}
- [https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/19/lost-musicals-make-mine-manhattan The Lost Musicals: Make Mine Manhattan] at the New York Public Library
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/theater/reviews/make-mine-manhattan-revival-at-connelly-theater.html 2012 Revival - New York Times review]
- [http://www.curtainup.com/makeminemanhattan.html 2012 Revival - CurtainUp review]