Background
The show originated in Europe with a small cast and set under a different name, but the Shubert Brothers (who produced it for Broadway), but did not want to produce it with no chorus or large stage numbers. They hired Porter and other composers to write songs, and when in premiered in 1938 it was no longer a chamber musical, but a typical 1930s "big musical".
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