May Wine
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May Wine is a musical
with a book by Frank Mandell, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II, and music by Sigmund Romberg
.
Produced by Laurence Schwab, the Broadway
production opened on December 5, 1935 at the St. James Theatre
, where it ran for 213 performances. Cast included Walter Slezak
, Nancy McCord, and Walter Woolf King
. The orchestrations were by Don Walker
The show was adapted from the novel The Happy Alienist by Eric von Stroheim and Wallace Smith. The rich and absent-minded professor, Johann Volk, falls in love with the Mari (Baroness von Schlewitz). Baron Kuno Adelhorst, who also loves Marie, tries to get the professor’s money by having Marie marry him, but after they are married she comes to love the professor and doesn’t want to hurt him. However, the Professor thinks he’s been deceived and tries to shoot Marie.
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 by Frank Mandell, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II, 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...
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Produced by Laurence Schwab, 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 opened on December 5, 1935 at the St. James Theatre
St. James Theatre
The St. James Theatre is located at 246 W. 44th St. Broadway, New York City, New York. It was built by Abraham L. Erlanger, theatrical producer and a founding member of the Theatrical Syndicate, on the site of the original Sardi's restaurant. It opened in 1927 as The Erlanger...
, where it ran for 213 performances. Cast included Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak was a portly Austrian character actor who appeared in numerous Hollywood films. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, most notably the German U-boat captain in Alfred Hitchcock's film Lifeboat , but occasionally he got to play lighter roles, as in The Wonderful World of the...
, Nancy McCord, and Walter Woolf King
Walter Woolf King
Walter Woolf King was an American singer, performer, and film actorBorn in San Francisco, California, King started singing for a living at a young age and sang mostly in churches. He made his Broadway theatre debut in 1919, and developed a reputation as a baritone in musical comedies and other...
. The orchestrations were by Don Walker
Don Walker
Don Walker may refer to:*Don Walker , Australian musician*Don Walker , American orchestrator*Don Walker...
The show was adapted from the novel The Happy Alienist by Eric von Stroheim and Wallace Smith. The rich and absent-minded professor, Johann Volk, falls in love with the Mari (Baroness von Schlewitz). Baron Kuno Adelhorst, who also loves Marie, tries to get the professor’s money by having Marie marry him, but after they are married she comes to love the professor and doesn’t want to hurt him. However, the Professor thinks he’s been deceived and tries to shoot Marie.
Songs
- Something New Is In My heart
- I Built a Dream One Day
- Somebody Ought To Be Told
- Dance, My Darlings
- Just Once Around the Clock
- A Chanson in the Prater”