Description: This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting ticket sales for the two-night, Post-Broadway engagement of the one-woman show "AT HOME WITH ETHEL WATERS" at the Opera House in Chicago, Illinois beginning February 12th, 1955. (The Original Broadway production opened September 22nd, 1953 at the 48th Street Theatre In New York City and ran for a limited engagement of 23 performances before going on the road.) ..... The one-woman show starred the legendary ETHEL WATERS in "A Sentimental Cavalcade of Song and Drama" with Reginald Beane at the piano ..... CREDITS: Songs by CON CONRAD, HERB MAGIDSON, CLARENCE MUSE, LEON RENE, OTIS RENE, SHELTON BROOKS, HARRY AKST, GRANT CLARKE, PETER DE ROSE, SAM M. LEWIS, ALBERTA NICHOLS, MANN HOLINER, HOAGY CARMICHAEL, COLE PORTER ("Anything Goes", "Red, Hot and Blue", "Leave It To Me!", "Du Barry Was a Lady", "Panama Hattie", "Something For the Boys", "Mexican Hayride", "Can-Can", "Kiss Me Kate", "Out Of This World", "Silk Stockings"), JOE YOUNG, ETHEL WATERS, SIDNEY EASTON, MAURICE YVAIN, ALBERT WILLEMETZ, JACQUES CHARLES, CHANNING POLLOCK, W. C. HANDY, IRVING BERLIN ("Annie Get Your Gun", "Music Box Revues", the Marx Brothers' "The Cocoanuts", "Louisiana Purchase", "This is the Army", "Miss Liberty", "Call Me Madam", "Mr. President"), VERNON DUKE ("Garrick Gaieties", "Ziegfeld Follies", "At Home Abroad", "Cabin in the Sky", "Jackpot", "The Littlest Revue", "Sadie Thompson", "Two's Company"), JOHN LATOUCHE ("Cabin in the Sky", "Banjo Eyes", "Polonaise", "Beggar's Holiday", "The Golden Apple", "Candide", "The Vamp"), TED FETTER, HAROLD ARLEN ("You Said It", "Cotton Club Parade", "Life Begins at 8:40", "Hooray for What", "Bloomer Girl", "St. Louis Woman", "House of Flowers", "Jamaica", "Saratoga" and the classic film "The Wizard of Oz"), E. Y. "Yip" HARBURG ("Ziegfeld Follies of 1931", "Ballyhoo of 1932", "The Show Is On", "Hooray for What!", "Bloomer Girl", "Finian's Rainbow", "Flahooley", "Jamaica", "Darling of the Day" and the classic film score "The Wizard of Oz"), GEORGE GERSHWIN ("Girl Crazy", "Lady, Be Good!", "Oh, Kay!", "Funny Face", "Rosalie", "Of Thee I Sing", "Porgy and Bess", "George White's Scandals"), IRA GERSHWIN ("Girl Crazy", "Lady, Be Good!", "I'd Rather Be Right", "Oh, Kay!", "Rosalie", "Funny Face", "Porgy and Bess", "Lady In the Dark") and TED KOEHLER; Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Staged by RICHARD BARR; Produced by WILLIAM VAN SLEET and PAUL MARLIN ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 6" X 9 1/4" inches and includes a photo of the star, production credits, ticket prices and performance dates on the front and excerpts from four reviews and a ticket order form on the backside ..... CONDITION: (Please Note!) There is a torn corner at the bottom left, moderate creasing and minor edge wear. Despite these flaws, this rare flyer will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Price: 49.99 USD
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon
End Time: 2024-02-02T01:22:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Industry: Theater
Product: Handbills / Flyers
Genre: One Character Broadway Shows
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original / Reproduction: Original - U.S.
Date: 1950 - 1959
