Hitchy-Koo

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Hitchy-Koo

Hitchy-Koo of 1919 (1919) is a musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre entertainment that combines music, dance and sketch comedy. The revue has its roots in nineteenth-century American popular entertainment and melodrama, but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from ca....
with music and lyrics by Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana, Indiana.His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate , Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady and Anything Goes, as well as songs like "Night and Day ", "I Get a Kick out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!", "Two Little Babes In The Wood"...
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The revue debuted on Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
at the Liberty Theatre

Liberty Theatre

The Liberty Theatre was a New York City Broadway theatre from 1904 to 1933, located at 236 West 40th Street....
on October 6, 1919 and closed on November 22, 1919, running for a total of 56 performances. It was produced by and starring Raymond Hitchcock

Raymond Hitchcock (actor)

Raymond Hitchcock was a silent film actor, stage actor, and stage producer, who appeared in or produced 30 plays on Broadway theatre from 1898 to 1928, and who became famous in silent films of the 1920s....
. Hitchcock also produced and starred on Broadway in versions of Hitchy-Koo in 1917, 1918 and 1920.