''Tickets, Please!'' is a musical

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

. It contains sketches by Sketches by

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, Edmund Rice, Jack Roche and Ted Luce, with music and lyrics by Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards,

Mel Tolkin Mel Tolkin ( Shmuel Tolchinsky; August 3, 1913 – November 26, 2007) was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series '' Your Show of Shows'' ( NBC, 1950–1954) during the Golden Age of Tele ...

, Lucille Kallen and Clay Warnick. Incidental music is by Phil Ingalls and

Harold Hastings Harold Hastings (19 December 1916 – 30 May 1973) was an American composer and conductor. He was born in New York City and subsequently studied at New York University. In his early career, he conducted radio and television orchestras. He also com ...

. It first played on

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at the Coronet Theatre from April 27, 1950 to November 4, 1950. It then moved to the

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for a further three weeks, closing on November 27, 1950, for a total of 245 performances. The production was directed by

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and choreographed by Joan Mann. It starred Grace Hartman and

Paul Hartman Paul Hartman (March 1, 1904 – October 2, 1973) was an American dancer, stage performer and television actor. Early years Born in San Francisco, California, Hartman was the son of Ferris Hartman, who was sometimes called the "Ziegfeld of ...

and featured

Jack Albertson Harold "Jack" Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor, which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 ...

, Roger Price and Tommy Wonder. It is also notable as the first Broadway credit of

Larry Kert Lawrence Frederick Kert (December 5, 1930 – June 5, 1991) was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his role of Tony in the original Broadway production of the musical ''West Side Story''. He was nominated for a Tony A ...

and

Hal Prince Harold Smith Prince (born Harold Smith; January 30, 1928 – July 31, 2019), commonly known as Hal Prince, was an American theatre director and producer known for his work in musical theatre. One of the foremost figures in 20th-century theatr ...

(assistant stage manager). ''Time'' magazine wrote that the piece "is that always attractive idea, an intimate revue. Its stars are those always entertaining zanies, the Hartmans, who are in excellent form. The pity is that the rest of the show constitutes a sort of conspiracy against them.""The Theater: New Revue in Manhattan"
''Time'' magazine, May 8, 1950, accessed February 9, 2012

References

*Dietz, Dan. ''The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals'' (2014), Bowman & Littlefield, , p. 19

External links

IBDB entry
for ''Tickets, Please!''

Coronet Theatre
Information about the 1935 film of this name
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