''Dancing Around'' is a two-act
musical revue
''Musical Revue'' is a live album featuring Prince Far I and Suns of Arqa released on ROIR Europe in 1988. The album was produced by Phil Rainford and features a live recording of Prince Far I with Suns of Arqa at Band on the Wall in Mancheste ...
with music by
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his Musical theatre, musicals and operettas, particularly ''The Student Prince'' (1924), ''The Desert Song'' (1926) and ''The New Moo ...
and
Harry Carroll and lyrics and book by
Harold Atteridge.
The production was "the first show in which
Al Jolson
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, ; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," Jolson was one of the United States' most famous and ...
received top billing from the start." As a revue, the score features songs from multiple composers and lyricists,
notably featuring the songs "
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers" and "
It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
However, the
Grace Leboy song "Everybody Rag With Me", commonly associated with the musical in sheet music and recordings popularized by Jolson, did not appear in the original production, but rather was added during a tour.
Jolson appeared in
blackface
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, performing the "Everybody Rag With Me" number and the encore without the makeup.
Performances began at the
Winter Garden Theatre
The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre at 1634 Broadway in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Originally designed by architect William Albert Swasey, it opened in 1911. The Winter Garden's current des ...
in New York on October 10, 1914, running for 145 performances before closing on February 13, 1915.
List of musical numbers
*"The Army Club"
*"When Tommy Atkins Smiles at All the Girls"
*"Never Trust a Soldier Man"
*"My Rainbow Beau"
*"I Was Born on the Aisle of Man"
*"There's Something About You"
*"My Lady of the Telephone"
*"The Call of the Colors"
*"Somebody's Dancing with My Girl"
*"The Afternoon Tea"
*"Seeking for Sigfried"
*"A Fashion Slave"
*"Venetia"
*"He Is Sweet, He Is Good"
*"The Shuffling Shivaree"
*"When an Englishman Marries a Parisian"
*"I Want to Be in Norfolk"
*"Oh, You John"
*"
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers"
*"
It's a Long Way to Tipperary"
*"Oh, Tennessee, I Hear You Calling Me"
References
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Revues