Description: Mexican Hayride (musical) - original 1944 Playbill program, Bobby Clark The July 1944 Playbill magazine and theatre program for Mexican Hayride, featuring the Broadway production. Mexican Hayride is a musical with a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The show opened on Broadway in 1944. Production Produced by Michael Todd, out of town tryouts began at the Shubert Theatre, Boston on December 29, 1943. The production opened on Broadway on January 28, 1944 at the Winter Garden Theatre, moved to the Majestic Theatre on December 18, 1944 and closed on March 17 1945 after 481 performances. The production was staged by Hassard Short, who also was the lighting designer, with choreography by Paul Haakon, set by George Jenkins and costumes by Mary Grant. Various segments were separately directed. Dan Eckley directed the opening dance; Lew Kesler directed the songs "Girls" and "Abracadabra"; and Virginia Johnson and Dan Eckley directed the dance "Good-Will Movement". The cast featured Bobby Clark (Joe Bascom), June Havoc (Montana), George Givot (Lombo Campos) Wilbur Evans (David Winthrop) and Paul Haakon (Paul). The film version of Mexican Hayride (1948) became a vehicle for Abbott and Costello and used no Cole Porter songs from the musical. Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatregoers. Most copies of Playbill are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's program. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre, as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Paperback, period ads, b/w ill., 40pp. Condition: Good used - edgewear to spine of covers, good binding, VG pages, rust to binding staples. ISBN: N/A Published: NY: American Theater Press, 1944 Weight: 100gms Size: 22 x 15 cms. Don't forget to check out our other items at Tony Mack Books
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Publication Year: 1944
Publication Name: Playbill
Genre: Music, Theatre
Publisher: American Theater Press Inc.
Topic: Musical Theatre
