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Jumbo

Book by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
Produced by Billy Rose
Directed by John Murray Anderson & George Abbott
Choreography by Allan K. Foster
Opened November 16, 1935 at the Hippodrome and ran for 233 performances.
Movie Version 1962

Synopsis

Jumbo was a show about a war between two rival ciruses.

Song List

Over And Over Again
The Circus Is On Parade
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
My Romance
Little Girl Blue

Info

Original Cast included:Jimmy Durante, Donald Novis, Gloria Grafton, A.P. Kaye, A. Robins, Big Rosie, Tilda Getze

The Hippodrome was rebuilt to make it resemble a circus with a grandstand sloping up from a circular revolving stage. Circus acts were recruited from all over the world. The cost to open Jumbo was $340,000 and it closed after rehearsing for six months and playing for five.

Related

Jumbo MIDI Files
Richard Rodgers Sheet Music
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) -- Doris Day; VHS

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