As Thousands Cheer

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As Thousands Cheer is a 1933 Broadway musical revue with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, notable for its satirical sketches based on contemporary newspaper headlines.

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As Thousands Cheer canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical revue ⓘ
musical revue ⓘ
addressedIssue lynching in the song "Suppertime" ⓘ
bookBy Moss Hart ⓘ
composer Irving Berlin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Moss Hart ⓘ
featuredPerformer Ethel Waters ⓘ
format sketch-based musical revue ⓘ
genre revue ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasRevival yes ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first Broadway shows to feature a Black star in a non-stereotyped role ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Irving Berlin ⓘ
lyricsBy Irving Berlin ⓘ
musicBy Irving Berlin ⓘ
musicStyle jazz-influenced show tunes ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
notableFor satirical sketches based on contemporary newspaper headlines ⓘ
notableSketch sketch about President Herbert Hoover ⓘ
sketch about the wedding of Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ⓘ
openedDuring Great Depression ⓘ
openedOnBroadway 1933-09-30 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength over 400 performances ⓘ
originalCastMember Clifton Webb ⓘ
Ethel Waters ⓘ
Helen Broderick ⓘ
Marilyn Miller ⓘ
Victor Moore ⓘ
premiereDate 1933-09-30 ⓘ
premiereLocation New York City ⓘ
premiereTheatre Music Box Theatre ⓘ
premiereYear 1933 ⓘ
producedOnBroadway true ⓘ
producer Sam H. Harris ⓘ
revivalLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Off-Broadway ⓘ
setIn contemporary 1930s America ⓘ
songIncluded Easter Parade ⓘ
Harlem on My Mind ⓘ
Heat Wave ⓘ
How’s Chances? ⓘ
Not for All the Rice in China ⓘ
Suppertime ⓘ
linked to: Supper Time
structure series of sketches based on newspaper headlines ⓘ
subjectMatter celebrity culture ⓘ
current events ⓘ
politics ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
usesDevice sketches introduced as newspaper headlines ⓘ

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Israel Baline → wroteForStage → As Thousands Cheer ⓘ
Supper Time → writtenFor → As Thousands Cheer ⓘ
Supper Time → partOf → As Thousands Cheer ⓘ