description Miss Springtime Overview
Miss Springtime is a 1916 Broadway operetta adapted from Emmerich Kálmán's Hungarian stage work Zsuzsi kisasszony. The English-language production had a book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, with Kálmán's score supplemented by music from Jerome Kern.
Its romantic plot, European source material, and mixture of imported and newly written songs place it within the Broadway operetta tradition of the 1910s.
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What is Miss Springtime based on?
Miss Springtime is a 1916 Broadway operetta adapted from Emmerich Kálmán's Hungarian stage work Zsuzsi kisasszony. Its English-language book and lyrics were written by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse.
Who wrote the music for Miss Springtime?
The score was based mainly on music by Emmerich Kálmán and was supplemented with music by Jerome Kern. That combination connects the operetta to both Hungarian and American musical-theatre traditions.
What is the plot of Miss Springtime?
The romantic plot centers on courtship, mistaken identities, and social complications typical of early twentieth-century operetta. The story was adapted for an English-speaking Broadway audience.
Why is Miss Springtime notable in Broadway history?
It opened on Broadway in 1916 and brought Kálmán's Hungarian stage style into an American production. The involvement of Bolton, Wodehouse, and Kern also makes it notable as a cross-Atlantic collaboration.
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