Sweethearts (theater)
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Sweethearts is a musical theater production with music by Victor Herbert, lyrics by Robert B. Smith and book by Harry B. Smith and Fred De Gressac.
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[edit] Songs
- "Angelus"
- "The Cricket On The Hearth"
- "Every Lover Must Meet His Fate"
- "Jeannette And Her Little Wooden Shoes"
- "Pretty As A Picture"
- "Sweethearts"
[edit] Broadway production 1913
The show opened at the New Amsterdam Theater on September 8, 1913 and ran for 136 performances.
CAST:
- Christie MacDonald as Princess Sylvia
- Thomas Conkey as Prince Franz
- Edwin Wilson as Lieutenant Karl
- Frank Belcher as Petrus Von Trump
- Tom McNaughton as Mikel Mikeloviz
- Ethel Du Fre Houston as Dame Paula
- Hazel Kirk as Liane
[edit] MGM Musical film 1938
The film version was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
[edit] Broadway revival 1947
The show opened at the Shubert Theater on January 21, 1947 and ran for 288 performances. It featured a revised book by John Cecil Holm and musical direction by Robert Russell Bennett.
CAST:
- Bobby Clark as Mikel Mikeloviz
- Marjorie Gateson as Dame Lucy
- June Knight as Liane
- Gloria Story as Princess Sylvia
- Mark Dawson as Prince Franz
- Robert Shackleton as Lieutenant Karl
- Paul Best as Petrus Von Trump
- Cornell MacNeil as the Footman
