The Princess Theatre musicals

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The Princess Theatre musicals are a celebrated series of early 20th-century Broadway musical comedies known for their intimate scale, witty scripts, and influential collaboration between writers like Guy Bolton and composers such as P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern.

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instanceOf series of Broadway musical comedies ⓘ
theatrical cycle ⓘ
activePeriod 1910s ⓘ
castingPractice relatively small ensemble casts ⓘ
collaborator Guy Bolton ⓘ
Jerome Kern ⓘ
P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception praised for wit and craftsmanship ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
genre Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
historicalSignificance established Jerome Kern as a leading Broadway composer ⓘ
helped transition Broadway from revue-style shows to integrated book musicals ⓘ
showcased early work of P. G. Wodehouse as a lyricist ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
influenced development of integrated musical theatre ⓘ
later Broadway book musicals ⓘ
influencedBy European operetta ⓘ
knownFor character-driven songs ⓘ
humorous, sophisticated dialogue ⓘ
tight, fast-paced plots ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy considered precursors to the Golden Age of the American musical ⓘ
location Broadway ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
mainVenue Princess Theatre ⓘ
narrativeStyle light romantic plots with comic complications ⓘ
notableCharacteristic integrated songs and narrative ⓘ
intimate scale ⓘ
modest production values ⓘ
small casts ⓘ
witty scripts ⓘ
notableWork Have a Heart ⓘ
Leave It to Jane ⓘ
Oh, Boy! ⓘ
Oh, Lady! Lady!! ⓘ
Oh, My Dear! ⓘ
linked to: Oh, Dear!

Oh, You, Who? ⓘ
Very Good Eddie ⓘ
principalComposer Jerome Kern ⓘ
principalLibrettist Guy Bolton ⓘ
principalLyricist P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
productionModel written to fit the physical limitations of the small Princess Theatre stage ⓘ
productionScale small-scale Broadway productions ⓘ
targetAudience Broadway theatre-goers ⓘ
typicalOrchestraSize small orchestra ⓘ
typicalRunningTime relatively short ⓘ
typicalSetting contemporary American middle-class milieu ⓘ

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Guy Bolton → notableWork → The Princess Theatre musicals ⓘ
Leave It to Jane → theatricalTradition → Princess Theatre musical ⓘ
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Oh, Boy! → partOf → Princess Theatre musicals ⓘ
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Cleopatterer → associatedWith → Princess Theatre musicals ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Cleopatterer"
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Princess Theatre → knownFor → Princess Theatre musicals ⓘ
linked to: The Princess Theatre musicals