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The Blue Kitten

The Blue Kitten was a 1922 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and William Cary Duncan and music by Rudolf Friml.[1] It premiered at the Selwyn Theatre on January 13 1922 and ran until May 13, 1922, totaling 140 performances.[1]

Victor Morley and Marion Sunshine in The Blue Kitten

The show was a "modest musical hit", although some critics called its score "inferior".[2]

Synopsis

Setting: The Foyer of "The Blue Kitten" Restaurant in Paris; At Vanderpop's Chateau at Fontainebleu; "The Blue Kitten" Café.

A headwaiter pretends to be upper-class so his daughter can marry a socialite.[2]

Cast

Songs

References

  1. ^ a b "The Blue Kitten (Broadway, American Airlines Theatre, 1922)". Playbill. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Franklin, Marc J (29 March 2020). "Step Inside Broadway's American Airlines Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "THE BLUE KITTEN - CAST". Playbill. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "A twelve o'clock girl in a nine o'clock town". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  5. ^ "The blue kitten blues : (meow!)". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  6. ^ "Cutie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-02-03.