
Strip For Action (1956, closed Pittsburgh) - repro
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Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson, and Eli Basse’s short-lived 1956 musical comedy 'Strip for Action' infamously collapsed, encountered critical hostility, and closed during its out-of-town pre-Broadway tryout engagement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, never reaching New York. Featuring a book co-written by Lindsay and Crouse adapting their own play, the fast-paced farcical plot unfolds inside a sweltering U.S. Army training camp during World War II, tracking a raucous, traveling burlesque show troupe who attempt to stage a performance for the soldiers despite a strict ban by the general. Directed by Michael Kidd, this rare piece remains a top-tier failure record.

