The Whirl of Society
The Whirl of Society was a satirical Broadway musical that played at the Winter Garden Theater from March 5 to June 29, 1912. Louis A. Hirsch composed the music with lyrics by Harold Atteridge, to a book by Harrison Rhodes. The production also featured songs by Arthur Fields. The Whirl of Society was part of a production also featuring Sesostra and A Night with the Pierrots, for 136 productions.[1]
The production also toured the country. It was performed with A Night with the Pierrots in Washington DC in November 1912.[2]
Fanny Brice was in the musical in 1912, when it was listed as a Shubert production. [3] It also featured Al Jolson, one of five musicals he was in with the Shubert empire, in which "the producers recognized his escalating value to their business empire". [4]
Featured Songs
Sheet music featuring songs from the production was also published. In 1912, My Sumurun Girl was published by the Shapiro organization in an eight page booklet, music for piano and voice accompaniment. The refrain from the song is "Sumurun, sumurun, you're my lovey dovey hon' " [5]
References
- ↑ "A Night with the Pierrots / Sesostra / The Whirl of Society". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. 2001–2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Belasco, To-morrow Night, All Week". The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.), 10 Nov. 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. November 10, 1912.
- ↑ Barbara Wallace Grossman (1 March 2009). "FANNY BRICE 1891 – 1951". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ↑ Bowers, Paul A. (2012). "The Winter Garden, Al Jolson and the Shuberts" (PDF). Newsletter of the Shubert Archive (Shubert Archive) 29: see page 14. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ↑ Hirsh, Louis (music), Jolson, Al (words) (1912). My sumurun girl; Whirl of society; Soo-mu-roon. New York, NY: Shubert. Retrieved March 3, 2015.