Hellzapoppin (musical)

Hellzapoppin
Original Broadway window card
MusicSammy Fain
Charles Tobias
LyricsSammy Fain
Charles Tobias
BookHarold "Chic" Johnson
John "Ole" Olsen
Productions1938 Broadway
1941 Film

Hellzapoppin is a musical revue written by the comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, consisting of John "Ole" Olsen and Harold "Chic" Johnson, with music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias. The revue was a hit, running for over three years, and was at the time the longest-running Broadway musical, with 1,404 performances,[1] making it one of only three plays to run more than 500 performances in the 1930s.

  1. ^ Kenrick, John. Hellzapoppin - History of The Musical Stage 1930s: Part III - Revues musicals101.com, accessed August 6, 2009