The Hot Mikado (1939 production)

This article is about the 1939 musical. For the 1986 musical, see Hot Mikado.
The Hot Mikado
Poster for The Hot Mikado
BookMike Todd
BasisGilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado
Productions1939 Broadway
1939 New York World's Fair
Bill Robinson in The Hot Mikado

The Hot Mikado was a musical theatre adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado with an African-American cast. It was first produced by Mike Todd on Broadway in 1939. It starred Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the title role, with musical arrangements by Charles L. Cooke and direction by Hassard Short.