The Idea (musical) explained

The Idea is a musical with words and music by Joseph Hart. While essentially a comedy, the plot centers around a young man whose destructive life of gambling and drinking is turned around after attending a meeting at the Salvation Army. Scholars have noted similarities of this work to the later 1950 musical Guys and Dolls, but with an aesthetic of musicals and culture of the 1890s.[1]

The original production, featuring Frederick Hallen and Joseph Hart, was produced by Hallen at Bowdoin Square in Boston in November 1892.[2] It then opened in New York City at the Fourteenth Street Theatre on April 9, 1893[3] and was still playing there in October.[4] In 1894, a revival played in Chicago.[5]

Roles and New York cast

The opening night cast in New York was as follows:[3]

Songs

Based on the sheet music, the songs included:

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=YiBaRas9jTwC&dq=%22The+Idea%22+Joseph+Hart+musical%C2%A0&pg=PA147. 1893-1894: The Idea. 147. American Musical Theater: A Chronicle. 9780195130744. 2001. Gerald Bordman. Oxford University Press, USA .
  2. News: Plays and Players in Boston. The New York Times. November 27, 1892. 13.
  3. Brown, Thomas Allston. A History of the New York Stage: From the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903), p. 384.
  4. Advertisement in the New York Times, October 1, 1893, p. 7.
  5. The New York Times, January 7, 1894, 19.
  6. Interpolated by J. Aldrich Libbey, who is pictured on the cover of some editions which indicate its use in The Idea.

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