A playfully romantic romp through King Arthur’s court, A Connecticut Yankee was based on the comical 1889 novel by Mark Twain. The musical opened on Broadway at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 3, 1927, featuring William Gaxton, Constance Carpenter and June Cochrane. On November 17, 1943, the show was revived at the Martin Beck Theatre, featuring Vivienne Segal, Dick Foran, … Read More
1955 Television Broadcast
On March 12, 1955, NBC-TV broadcast a live 90-minute performance of A Connecticut Yankee starring Eddie Albert, Janet Blair and Gale Sherwood, with Boris Karloff as King Arthur. Produced and directed by Max Liebman, the show featured most of Rodgers & Hart’s score, with a new book adapted by four young masters of comedy: William Friedberg, Neil Simon, Will Glickman … Read More
1943 Broadway
Rodgers, Hart and Fields’ 1927 romp returned to the Broadway stage in 1943, in an acclaimed production starring Vivienne Segal, Dick Foran, Vera-Ellen and Robert Chisholm. Directed by John C. Wilson and choreographed by William Holbrook and Al White, Jr., the Broadway revival of A Connecticut Yankee featured a revised book and six new Rodgers & Hart tunes. Though Rodgers … Read More
1927 Broadway
The original Broadway production of A Connecticut Yankee opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 3, 1927, after tryouts in Stamford and Philadelphia. Directed by Alexander Leftwich and choreographed by Busby Berkely, the production starred William Gaxton, Constance Carpenter and June Cochrane. The show was a commercial and critical success, playing an impressive 418 performances. Gilbert W. Gabriel of the … Read More