Broadway Turns the Tables

Which number in Runnin’ Wild did George White try and cut?

The Charleston

Why did George White want to cut The Charleston?

He wanted to put it in his own revues

When did No, No, Nanette release?

1925

What is a property in the theatrical world?

The novel, play, or movie, a musical is based upon

Who wrote Oh James! and when?

May Edgington, 1914

Who created the play My Lady Friends and when?

Emil Nyitray and Frank Mandel (1919)

Who produced No, No, Nanette?

Hary Frazee

What was Frazee’s relationship to Youmans’?

He was his neighbor

Why didn’t Frazee want Youmans to work on his musical?

He was not impressed with his previous work

How much money did Youmans’ mother invest into the show?

9,000 or 10,000 dollars

How did Youmans pay back his mother for her investment?

He gave her half his future royalties

Who created the book for No, No, Nanette?

Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel

Who created the lyrics for No, No, Nanette?

Otto Harbach and Irving Ceaser

Why did Ceaser join the team on No, No, Nanette?

He had a good relationship with Youmans

How did audiences initially react to No, No, Nanette?

They were neutral

How did Frazee react when audiences were lukewarm at first?

He took over as director and demanded new songs be added

What is a dummy lyric?

A nonsense lyric with the right rhyme and rhythm to fit in a song

What two songs were added to No, No, Nanette after its initial showing?

Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy

What was the first city that No, No, Nanette had a positive reception in?

Chicago

How long did No, No, Nanette stay in Chicago?

Almost a year

What did the first recording of Tea for Two feauturedn?

Jazz orchestra

Tea for Two’s jazz orchestra version reached number _________ on the billboard in ________ and stayed there for _________ weeks

5, January 1925, 5

Who created the first vocal version of Tea for Two?

Marion Harris

Harris’ vocal version climbed to the number ___ Billboard spot in _________ and stayed there for _______ weeks

1, January 1925, 11

When did No, No, Nanette reach Broadway?

September, 1925

How did Broadway critics receive No, No, Nanette when it first came to NY?

They were tired of it

What foreign city did No, No, Nanette become very popular in for being “shockingly new”

London

How many years was Youmans in the Broadway business?

13

Why did Youmans retire?

Health issues due to tuberculosis

What was Tea for Two known as in the Soviet Union?

Tahiti Trot

Who wove Tea for Two into his 1926 opretta?

Boris Fomin

When did Dmitri Shostakovich create his orchestral version of Tea for Two?

1927

How long did it take for Shostakovich to create his orchestral arrangement of Tea for Two?

40 minutes

Who was Shostakovich’s teacher?

Nikolai Malko

What bet did Shostakovich and Malko have with each other?

That Shostakovich could not complete an arrangement of Tea for Two in under an hour

What instrument did Art Tatum play?

Piano

Art Tatum’s ______ version of Tea for Two was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in _______

1939, 1986

When Tatum’s version of Tea for Two released, what spot did it have on Billboard?

18

Who released a version of Tea for Two in the bebop jazz style?

Theolonious Monk

When did Monk release “Skippy”?

1952

At what festival did Anita O’Day sing Tea for Two?

1958 Newport Jazz Festival