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The Passing Show of 1918 / Fred Astaire [theatrical performance]
- Title
- The Passing Show of 1918 [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Astaire, Fred
- Astaire, Adele
- Published/Created
- 1918-07-25
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Winter Garden Theater
- Abstract
- A musical revue in two acts, 13 Scenes. Staged by J.C. Huffman. Musical numbers and ballet staged by Jack Mason. Opened 25 July 1918 at the Winter Garden and closed 9 November 1918 after 142 performances.
Cast: Adele Astaire and Fred Astaire, among others.
The Passing Show of 1918 came up with the season's biggest hit, "Smiles." The program ranged from "(The) Galli-Curci Rag" to "Trombone Jazz"-- jazz here meant the transitional "shimmy." A lavish "Birdland" number included the young Astaires singing and dancing dressed as chickens. Heyward Broun wrote: "In an evening in which there was an abundance off good dancing, Fred Astaire stood out. He and his partner, Adele Astaire, made the show pause early in the evening with a beautiful loose-limbed dance. It almost seemed as is the two young persons had been poured into the dance." (Norton 1918.19). - Source
- Bordman, Gerald: American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press (1992).
- Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015