This Was Burlesque

• Original Off-Broadway Production (1962)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Production (1965)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Revival (1981)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Return Engagement (1981)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• This Was Burlesque
  • aka [This Was Burlesque] Prologue--This Was Burlesque [no note]
• Introduction (Ann Corio)
• Hello Everybody
• Flirtation (sketch)
• Specialty
  • aka Shivas Regal [no note]
• Gun Ain't Loaded (sketch)
• Go and Get Yourself a Yo-Yo
• Detective Scene (sketch)
• Dance of the Orient
  • aka Seduction of the Virgin Princess [no note]
• Specialty Dance (i)
• Candy Butcher (sketch)
• Powder My Back
• Fix-It Scene (sketch)
• Specialty Dance (ii)
  • aka Lament [no note]
• White Cargo (sketch)
• Twist and Shimmy
• Hall of Fame (sketch)
• Crazy House (sketch)
• Would You Like to Lay Your Head Upon My Pillow?
• Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A

Also used during run

• Story Tellers, The (sketch)
• Carpenter, The (sketch)
• Hotel de France (sketch)
• Cleopatra (sketch)
• Courtroom Scene (sketch)
• Dodger Scene (sketch)
• Sutton Place (sketch)
• Schoolroom (sketch)
• Hee Haw (sketch)
• Bill Bailey
  • aka Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home [no note]
  • aka Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? [no note]
• St. James Infirmary
• Three A.M. (sketch)
• Hope Diamond
• Smiths Baby (sketch)
• Play a Simple Melody

The cast and material of this show changed during its lengthy run and many standard burlesque sketches and songs were in and out of the show. The song and sketch listing for this show must be considered as only a partial listing obtained from material that was available to us. During the run it is possible that most standard burlesque sketches were used and many numbers were listed in programs only as 'Specialty Dance'.