Sinbad (musical)
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Sinbad is a Broadway
musical
with a book and lyrics by Harold R. Atteridge
and music by Sigmund Romberg
, Al Jolson
and others.
Produced by Lee Shubert
and J. J. Shubert, the Broadway
production, staged by J. C. Huffman and J. J. Shubert, opened on February 14, 1918 at the Winter Garden Theatre
, where it ran for 164 performances. Cast included Al Jolson
, Kitty Doner, Constance Farber, and Forrest Huff.
This show was a “musical comedy” with little purpose other than to provide a vehicle for Al Jolson. He plays a porter in old Bagdad where he meets a series of characters from the Arabian Nights, including Sinbad himself. He is transported to various exotic settings. As with Jolson’s previous shows, songs were interpolated during the run.
By Others:
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
with a book and lyrics by Harold R. Atteridge
Harold R. Atteridge
Harold Richard Atteridge was a composer, librettist and lyricist primarily for musicals and revues. He wrote the book and lyrics for over 20 musicals and revues for the Shuberts, including several iterations of The Passing Show....
and music by Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer, best known for his operettas.-Biography:Romberg was born as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Gross-Kanizsa during the Austro-Hungarian kaiserlich und königlich monarchy period...
, Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
and others.
Produced by Lee Shubert
Lee Shubert
Levi "Lee" Shubert was a Polish-born American theatre owner/operator and producer and the oldest of seven siblings of the theatrical Shubert family....
and J. J. Shubert, the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production, staged by J. C. Huffman and J. J. Shubert, opened on February 14, 1918 at the Winter Garden Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre
The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1634 Broadway in midtown Manhattan.-History:The structure was built by William Kissam Vanderbilt in 1896 to be the American Horse Exchange....
, where it ran for 164 performances. Cast included Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
, Kitty Doner, Constance Farber, and Forrest Huff.
This show was a “musical comedy” with little purpose other than to provide a vehicle for Al Jolson. He plays a porter in old Bagdad where he meets a series of characters from the Arabian Nights, including Sinbad himself. He is transported to various exotic settings. As with Jolson’s previous shows, songs were interpolated during the run.
Songs
By Sigmund Romberg:- Bagdad
- Our Ancestors
- A Thousand and One Nights
- The Rag Lad of Bagdad
- I Hail from Cairo
- Bedalumbo
- Beauty and the Beast
- It’s Wonderful
- Raz-Ma-Taz
- Little Bit of Nationality
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- Darktown Dancin’ School (lyric by Jack Yellen, music by Albert Gemble)
- I’m Not Jealous (words by Harry Pease, music by Ed G. Nelson and Fred Mayo)
- My Mammy (words by Joe Young and Sam Lewis, music by Walter DonaldsonWalter DonaldsonWalter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.-History:...
) - Tell That To the Marines (words by Harold Atteridge, music by Jean Schwartz and Al Jolson)
- I’ll Say She Does (by Bud de Sylva, Gus Kahn and Al Jolson)
- Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (by Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis and Jean Schwartz)
- Hello, Central, Give Me No Man’s Land (by Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis and Jean Schwartz)
- Why Do They All Take the Night Boat To Albany? (by Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis and Jean SchwartzJean SchwartzJean Schwartz was a songwriter.Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old...
) - Chloe (by Buddy de Sylva and Al Jolson)
- Swanee (by Irving Caesar and George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
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