Hip! Hip! Hooray! (1907 musical)

Cover of the sheet music for the song "A College Yell" from the 1907 musical Hip! Hip! Hooray!

Hip! Hip! Hooray! is a musical in two acts with music by Gus Edwards and both lyrics and book by Edgar Smith.[1]

History

Hip! Hip! Hooray! was written as a starring vehicle for the comedian Joe Weber. It premiered on Broadway at Weber's Music Hall on October 10, 1907. It ran at that theatre for 64 performances; closing on December 7, 1907.[2]

Plot

The plot takes place at the fictional Doolittle College where two German professors attempt to popularize a new breakfast cereal, "Excited Oats", while simultaneously getting entangled into their own individual romances; one with a widow and the other with a beautiful young woman.[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Bloom, p. 483
  2. ^ Dietz, p. 448
  3. ^ Bordman & Norton, p. 277

Bibliography

  • Bloom, Ken (1996). "Hip! Hip! Hooray! (1907)". American Song: A-S. Schirmer Books. ISBN 9780028645735.
  • Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199729708.
  • Dietz, Dan (2022). "Hip! Hip! Hooray!". The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538168943.
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