The Candy Shop Explained

The Candy Shop
Music:John Golden
Lyrics:John Golden
Productions:Knickerbocker Theatre, New York 1909

The Candy Shop is a two-act musical comedy, with music and lyrics by John Golden and libretto by George V. Hobart, first performed April 27, 1909 at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York.[1]

The production ran for 49 performances, closing on June 12, 1909. Produced by Charles Dillingham, the production was directed by William E. MacQuinn and staged by Fred G. Latham; scenic design by Homer Emens and John H. Young, with costumes designed by Elsie DeWolfe.[2] The cast featured Ida Adams, Maude Fulton and William Rock[3] (a vaudeville duo then known as Rock & Fulton) and received mixed [4] to positive reviews, with one paper describing the show as "a stage reproduction of a Coney Island scene a thing of vivid color, life, and comics."[5]

After closing, a condensed version of the show was performed at Bay State Hospital in Boston for a wealthy patient.[6] The musical is associated with the songs "Oh You Candy Kid"[7] and "Googy-oo",[8] however neither song appears in the vocal score or other performance references.[9] The musical also features a song that employs negative stereotypes of Chinese people, part of an offensive yet persistent "enthusiasm for Chinese-themed entertainments, especially during the first two decades of the twentieth century".[10]

The story features the adventures of Jack Sweet, son of a candy shop owner, after his father accuses him of theft.[11]

Still images from the production are available via the New York Public Library.[12]

List of musical numbers

Act 1(The Candy Shop)

Act 2(Coney Island)

References

  1. Web site: The Candy Shop (Golden, John) - IMSLP . 2023-11-13 . imslp.org.
  2. Web site: The Candy Shop . 2023-11-22.
  3. Web site: The Candy Shop. gsarchive.net.
  4. Web site: The Post-Star 29 December 1909 — The NYS Historic Newspapers. nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
  5. Web site: Scarsdale Inquirer 20 May 1909 — HRVH Historical Newspapers . 2023-11-22 . news.hrvh.org.
  6. Web site: HIRES WHOLE MUSICAL SHOW.; New Yorker Has "The Candy Shop" Produced in Boston Hospital. . 2023-11-22 . The New York Times.
  7. https://lccn.loc.gov/2016789391 Golden, John, 1874-1955 composer. Oh, you candy kid. 1909. 1 score M1508 .Candy shop
  8. Victor matrix B-8013. Googy-oo / Ada Jones; Billy Murray. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 7, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200008076/B-8013-Googy-oo.
  9. Book: Golden . John . The candy shop : a musical comedy in two acts / book by George V. Hobart; lyrics & music by John L. Golden; vocal score . 1909 . 1802/24049 . free .
  10. Book: Saffle . Michael . Eastern Fantasies on Western Stages: Chinese-Themed Operettas and Musical Comedies in Turn-of-the-Last-Century London and New York . 87–118 . . Yang . Hon-Lun . Saffle . Michael . China and the West: Music, Representation, and Reception . 2017 . University of Michigan Press . 978-0-472-90075-6 .
  11. Web site: The Candy Shop - The Guide to Musical Theatre . 2023-11-13 . www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com.
  12. Web site: (still image) The candy shop keysheets., (1909) . Digital Collections, The New York Public Library . December 6, 2023 . The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

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