Longacre Theatre, "The Butter and Egg Man" and "The Command to Love"
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content: Phillip Graneto Broadway Theater Collection
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content: Phillip Graneto Broadway Theater Collection / Series 4: Broadway Theater Programs (New York, New York)
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content: 1925-1928
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content: Box 2, Folder 11
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: The cover of the program features an illustration of Long Acre Square in 1835. The play, by George S. Kaufman, starred Gregory Kelly. The title is a slang term that may have been popularized by Texas Guinan, which refers to a hick, or a person who comes into town with money to spend. The man in question in this show is Peter Jones, who comes into town, looking to invest in a play, and meets two producers whose backing from a gangster fell through, and are looking to unload a terrible play. Jones buys the play, makes it a success, then sells it back to the producers for a profit before said producers can hear about rumors that it may have been stolen. He takes his money back out of town to build a hotel.