The Whirl of Society

Newspaper ad for the show, while playing in Washington DC.

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

  1. ↑ "A Night with the Pierrots / Sesostra / The Whirl of Society". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. 2001–2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Barbara Wallace Grossman (1 March 2009). "FANNY BRICE 1891 – 1951". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Hirsh, Louis (music), Jolson, Al (words) (1912). My sumurun girl; Whirl of society; Soo-mu-roon. New York, NY: Shubert. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

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