The Century Girl

The Century Girl
MusicVictor Herbert and Irving Berlin
LyricsHenry Blossom and Irving Berlin
PremiereNovember 6, 1916: Century Theatre

The Century Girl is a musical comedy revue with music by Victor Herbert and Irving Berlin, and lyrics by Henry Blossom and Berlin.[1][2][3]

It opened November 6, 1916, at the Century Theatre on Broadway and ran until April 28, 1917, totaling 200 performances.[1] Rather than having a cohesive plot, the show was a mixture of musical and vaudeville performances.[4]

  1. ^ a b "The Century Girl (Broadway, Century Theatre, 1916)". Playbill. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ "The Century Girl - 1916 Broadway - Creative Team". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ^ Smith, Cecil Michener (1981). Musical comedy in America. Glenn Litton (2nd ed.). New York: Theatre Arts Books. p. 114. ISBN 0-87830-564-5. OCLC 7388197.
  4. ^ Everett, William A. (2009). The A to Z of the Broadway musical. Paul R. Laird, William A. Everett. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8108-7044-4. OCLC 667271476.