BLOSSOM TIME

A musical play in 3 acts adapted from the operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus by A.M. Wilner & Heinze Reichert, which in turn, was adapted from the novel Schwammerl by Dr. R.H. Bartsch.
Music by Franz Schubert arranged by Sigmund Romberg. Book and Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly

Ambassador Theatre, New York - 29 September, 1921 (319 perfs)

Synopsis

Based on the life and music of Franz Schubert, Blossom Time is a tangled web of romantic intrigue in which Schubert loses his inspiration and his girl, Mitzi Krantz, after his best friend, Baron von Schober has serenaded her with Schubert's own songs. (The show was rewritten for UK audiences under the title Lilac Time.)

Musical Numbers

1. Opening - Greta, Kupelweiser, Von Schwind, Vogel, Chorus
2. Melody Triste - Bellabruna
3. Three Little Maids - Mitzi, Fritzi, Kitzi, Chorus
4. Serenade - Baron Franz Schober, Franz Schubert, Vogel, Kupelweiser, Von Schwind, Hansy
5. My Springtime Thou Art - Baron Franz Schober, Franz Schubert, Vogel, Kupelweiser, Von Schwind, Girls
6. Song of Love - Franz Schubert, Mitzi
7. Finale Act 1 - Ensemble
8. Moment Musicale - Franz Schubert, Hansy, Dancer
9. Love Is a Riddle - Baron Franz Schober, Binder, Erkman, Mitzi, Fritzi, Kitzi, Girls
10. Let Me Awake - Bellabruna, Baron Franz Schober
11. Tell Me Daisy - Mitzi, Franz Schubert
12. Only One Love Ever Fills the Heart - Mitzi, Baron Franz Schober
13. Finale Act 2 - Mitzi, Franz Schubert, Baron Franz Schober
14. Opening - Greta
15. Keep It Dark - Bellabruna, Vogel, Von Schwind, Kupelweiser
16. Lonely Hearts - Mitzi, Fritzi, Kitzi, Greta, Franz Schubert
17. Finale Act 3 - Ensemble

Scenes and Settings

• Act 1: The Prater in Vienna, 1826. An afternoon in May.
• Act 2: Drawing room in the house of Kranz. Three months later.
• Act 3: Schubert's lodgings. Two months later.

Original Cast

• Mitzi: OLGA COOK.
• Bellabruna: ZOE BARNETT.
• Frítzí: Dorothy Whitmore.
• Kitzi: Prances Halliday.
• Mrs. Kranz: ETHEL BRANDEN.
• Greta: EMMY NICLAS.
• Baron Franz Schober: HOWARD MARSH.
• Franz Schubert: BERTRAM PEACOCK.
• Kranz: WILLIAM DANFORTH.
• Vogl: ROY CROPPER.
• Kupelweiser: PAUI, KER.
• Von Schwind: EUGENE MARTINET.
• Binder: Lucius Metz.
• Erkman: Perry Askant
• Count Sharntoff: Yvan Servais.
• Hansy: Irving Mels.
• Novotny: Robert Payton Gibbs,
• Rose: Mildred Kay.
• Mrs. Colburg: Erba Robeson.
• Waiter: Howard A. Berman.
• Dancer: Burtress Deitch.
• Four Guests: Gotham City Four.

Ladies of the Ensemble: Norma Gould, Marie Gary, Juliet Strahl, Billy Williams, Dorothy Jackson, Mildred Soper, Bobbie McCrce, Florence Elmore, Lyola Whyte, Dorothy Newell, Claire Hooper, Edith Holloway.