Complex sentence: The producers of the show "had demanded extremely elaborate staging for the revue", so no out-of-town tryouts were held, and the show premiered directly on Broadway on November 5,1917, at the Century Theatre.
Split into simpler sentences: The producers of the show "had demanded extremely elaborate staging for the revue", so no out-of-town tryouts were held, and the show premiered directly on Broadway. The revue opened on November 5,1917, at the Century Theatre.