page_title: The Passing Show
section_title: The Passing Show, 1912 to 1924
hierarchical_section_title: The Passing Show / The Passing Show, 1912 to 1924
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a scene from a tour of The Passing Show of 1913. Publicity photo taken in 1914. Source: http://www.musicals101.com/News/passing13.jpg
context_page_description: The Passing Show was a musical revue in three acts, billed as a "topical extravaganza", with a book and lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld and music by Ludwig Engländer and various other composers. It featured spoofs of theatrical productions of the past season. The show was presented in 1894 by George Lederer at the Casino Theatre. It was one of the first musical revues on Broadway and led the fashion for such productions. The Casino Theatre produced a revue each summer thereafter for several seasons.
  In 1912, Lee and Jacob J. Shubert began an annual series of elaborate Broadway revues using the name The Passing Show of 19XX, designed to compete with the popular Ziegfeld Follies.
context_section_description: The title of the show was later used by Lee and Jacob J. Shubert for an annual series of Broadway revues from 1912 to 1924 (except 1920). These were elaborate productions designed to compete with the popular Ziegfeld Follies, which had begun in 1907.
  Several of these featured music of Sigmund Romberg, George Gershwin, Al Sherman or Herman Finck and were presented at the Winter Garden Theatre.  Willie and Eugene Howard starred in many editions of the series.  Other stars included Charlotte Greenwood, Marilyn Miller, Ed Wynn, De Wolf Hopper, Charles Winninger, Fred Astaire and his sister Adele, Marie Dressler and Fred Allen.  Among the famous songs first sung in the series were "Pretty Baby" (1916) and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (1918).  A planned revival of the series in the 1940s did not make it out of tryouts.  Most of the librettos for the series were written by Harold R. Atteridge, the Shuberts' in‐house librettist, who created over forty musicals for them (many starring Al Jolson). Most of the Shubert shows were staged by J. C. Huffman.
caption: Photo from The Passing Show of 1913
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