Ruth Selwyn’s musical opened in New Haven’s Shubert Theatre on January 21, 1930 and closed on January 25, 1930. The show with most of its original cast then moved to the George Cohan Theatre on Broadway for a seven performance run in February.
The show is best known for introducing Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen‘s great song Get Happy which became one of Ruth Etting’s most famous hit records. George Gershwin called her handling of the song “the most exciting finale he had ever heard in a theatre.”
Nine Fifteen Review featured music by Rudolf Friml, Victor Herbert, Rodgers & Hart, Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen among other notables and was based on short stories by Noel Coward, Eddie Cantor, Ring Larnder, and Leslie Howard.
Shown on the right is the original printed program, from the January 1930 five-day run at New Haven’s Shubert Theatre.
