Helen of Troy
(1923)
Book by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
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Other Plays in the Catalogue
By George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Cast size: 16 men, 10 women. Animal Crackers opened on October 23, 1928 at the 44th Street Theater, and it ran 191 performances.
Let' Em Eat Cake opened on October 21, 1933 at the Imperial and ran 90 performances. It had not been revived until the Brooklyn Academy of Music presented a concert version in 1986, in conjunction with Of Thee I Sing.
By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Cast size: 14 men, 9 women, doubling possible; one set. The Man Who Came to Dinner rolled onto Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 16, 1939. It became an overnight smash hit and stayed, rather like Whiteside, for a protracted visit of 739 performances.
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