Burlesque
- Dates
- Dec 25, 1946 – Jan 10, 1948
- Performances
- 439
About
Burlesque is a play in three acts co-written by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins. While described as a "play with music" and not strictly speaking a musical, the show did include songs with music by Albert Von Tilzer and Peter De Rose, and lyrics by Joe Trent and Edward Grant. A backstage drama set in the 1920s, the play tells the story of a husband and wife performing duo, Ralph "Skid" Johnson and Bonny King, who are smalltime burlesque theater performers in the United States. Their marriage is tested when Skid lands a job as leading comic in a hit Broadway show and the couple finds that success and fame come with a cost. Burlesque was a hit play of the 1927-1928 Broadway season, and had a successful Broadway revival in 1946. It was adapted multiple times into films. Actor Hal Ske...