The Belle of New York

• Original Broadway Production (1897)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Revival (1898)
  New York, NY
• London Production (1898)
  London, England
• Broadway Revival (1900)
  New York, NY

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Original score

• When I Was Born the Stars Stood Still
• Oh! Teach Me How to Kiss
• They All Follow Me
  • aka Follow On [no note]
• Good Old Glory
• Wine, Woman and Song
• La Belle Parisienne
• We'll Dance in the Moonlight
• Simple Little Girl, A
• I'm the Belle of New York
  • aka She Is the Belle of New York [no note]
  • aka The Belle of New York [no note]
  • aka They Call Me the Belle of New York [no note]
• Nice Young Man, A
• Cora Angelique
• Purity Brigade
• On the Beach at Narrangansett
• Anti-Cigarette Society, The
• Conumdrums
• My Little Baby
• When We Are Married
• You and I
• From Far Kohoes

Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Studio Cast (1958)
  

  • Barry Kent
  • Mary Thomas (ii)

Violet Gray is a Salvation Army girl who becomes an heir to a fortune belonging to Ichabod Bronson. She has been chosen as the recipient of this windfall because Ichabod, although not averse to dallying with the odd chorus girl himself, is a firm believer in organisations such as the Young Rescue League and the Anti-Cigarette Society. He has found out that his playboy son, Harry, intends to marry actress Cora Angelique. Violet, for her part, is intent on Harry getting the inheritance - and her as well! Her saucy performance of the "At Ze Naughty Folies Bergère"does the trick - Ichabod cannot possibly leave his fortune to someone who behaves like that, and Harry's name goes back in the will. Harry finally sees the error of his ways and falls in love with sweet, simple Violet.

The original Broadway production underwent many changes. Each revival has yielded additional changes to the libretto and score.