
Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) - repro
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Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s classic high-society musical satire 'Knickerbocker Holiday' completed a celebrated original Broadway premiere at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1938, running for an accomplished 168 performances under the auspices of the Playwrights' Company. The sharp, politically charged plot unfolds inside the provincial colony of New Amsterdam in 1647, tracking a rebellious young anti-authoritarian citizen who faces execution, collapsing into farcical complications when the dictatorial, peg-legged Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant arrives to enforce strict laws, introducing the standard "September Song." Directed by Joshua Logan, the premiere starred Walter Huston.

