Tuxedo (vaudeville)

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Tuxedo was a vaudeville show with minstrelsy in which the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" was interpolated.

Actor and songwriter Edward Marble wrote and produced Tuxedo for George Thatcher and his minstrel troupe known as Thatcher's Minstrels.[1][2] The show debuted in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 23, 1891.[3] It then toured, including to Boston, Massachusetts, beginning on August 24, 1891, and the National Theater in Washington, D.C.[4] Tuxedo arrived in New York at the Park Theatre (at Broadway and 35th Street) on October 5, 1891.[5]

The song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" was introduced in this show as an interpolated number.[6][3]

  1. ^ Rice, p. 187
  2. ^ Obituary of Edward Marble, The New York Times, August 12, 1900, Page 12
  3. ^ a b Gänzl, Kurt. "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de ... oy? ", Kurt Gänzl's blog, 20 August 2018
  4. ^ "City and District: Amusements Tonight", Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 3, 1891, p. 16, col. 1, accessed November 5, 2016
  5. ^ "Amusements This Evening", The New York Times, October 5, 1891, p. 4
  6. ^ Tompkins and Kilby, p. 387