Editing Babes in Arms (section)

== Production history ==
''Babes in Arms'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on April 14, 1937, transferred to the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on October 25, 1937, and closed on December 18, 1937, after 289 performances. The production, under the auspices of Dwight Deere Wiman, was staged by [[Robert B. Sinclair]] with choreography by [[George Balanchine]]. Settings were by Raymond Sovey, and costumes by [[Helene Pons]]. [[Hans Spialek]] created the orchestrations and Gene Salzer led the orchestra which included pianists Edgar Fairchild and Adam Carroll. The cast featured [[Mitzi Green]], [[Ray Heatherton]], and [[Alfred Drake]], as well as the [[Nicholas Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Babes in Arms|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12218|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref>

A studio cast recording starring [[Gregg Edelman]] as Val, Judy Blazer as Billie, [[Jason Graae]] as Gus, [[Donna Kane]] as Dolores, [[Judy Kaye]] as Baby Rose, [[Adam Grupper]] as Peter, with JQ and the Bandits as the Quartet and featuring the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was released by New World Records in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On July 20, 2016, All Star Productions<ref>[http://allstarpro.co.uk/ ''Babes in Arms''] All Star Productions, accessed July 23, 2016</ref> revived the original version at Ye Old Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, London.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crown |first=Ye Olde Rose & |title=Ye Olde Rose & Crown |url=https://www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> Theatre critic Darren Luke Mawdsley described the work as 'outmoded,' stating that he "understand[s] why it has not been staged here [in the UK] in 15 years."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mawdsley |first=Darren Luke |date=2016-07-24 |title=Babes in Arms, Ye Olde Rose and Crown – Review |url=https://everything-theatre.co.uk/2016/07/babes-in-arms-ye-olde-rose-and-crown-review/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Everything Theatre |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Porchlight Music Theatre]] presented ''Babes in Arms'' in Chicago, Illinois in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://patch.com/illinois/lakeview/porchlight-revisits-lost-musicals-concert-series-kicks-babes-arms-october-6-8|title=Porchlight Revisits... "Lost" Musicals Concert Series Kicks Off With Babes in Arms, October 6–8|date=September 28, 2015|work=Lake View, IL Patch|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>

=== Revivals of original 1930s version ===
In addition to the revival of the 1930s original, a [[New York City Center]] [[Encores!]] staged concert version ran in February 1999. It was directed and choreographed by [[Kathleen Marshall]] and featured [[Erin Dilly]], [[David Campbell (Australian musician)|David Campbell]], Jessica Stone and [[Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)|Christopher Fitzgerald]].<ref>Brantley, Ben.[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/13/theater/theater-review-ageless-fun-with-the-beat-and-bounce-of-springtime.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "THEATER REVIEW; Ageless Fun, With the Beat And Bounce Of Springtime"],''The New York Times'', February 13, 1999</ref>

The Cohoes Music Hall presented a reconstructed version of the 1937 production under the supervision of Richard Rodgers in 1976. This production was choreographed by Dennis Grimaldi and directed by David Kitchen and Dennis Grimaldi.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org/localhistory/spotlight/years/1976/1976-12-16.pdf | title = The Spotlight | page = 7 | date = December 16, 1976 | location = Bethlehem, [[Nova Scotia|New Scotland]] | access-date = January 7, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150107075113/http://www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org/localhistory/spotlight/years/1976/1976-12-16.pdf | archive-date = January 7, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== Productions of the 1950s version ===
In 1985, [[Ginger Rogers]] directed a production at the Music Hall in [[Tarrytown, New York]], that starred [[Randy Skinner]] who also choreographed the show and [[Karen Ziemba]] as Susie. The song "[[I Didn't Know What Time It Was]]" was added to the song list.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/30/nyregion/ginger-rogers-is-back-as-a-director.html?pagewanted= "Ginger Rogers is Back -- As a Director"], ''The New York Times'', June 30, 1985.</ref><ref>Klein, Alvin.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/21/nyregion/theater-an-era-s-innocence-in-babes-in-arms.html?pagewanted= "Theater; An Era's Innocence in ''Babes in Arms''"], ''The New York Times'', July 21, 1985.</ref><ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=9343#content "Cast 1985 Tarrytown"], broadwayworld.com, retrieved October 8, 2017.</ref>

The musical was produced at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] from June 7, 2007, through July 7, 2007, and cast [[Judy Garland]]'s daughter [[Lorna Luft]] as the domineering mother of former child star Baby Rose Owens. One reviewer complained that the musical seemed to have lost its legendary political bite, evidently unaware that this was the revised 1950s de-politicized version.<ref>[http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/06-2007/babes-in-arms-chichester_20956.html "Chichester"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811043314/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/06-2007/babes-in-arms-chichester_20956.html |date=August 11, 2014 }}''What's On Stage'', retrieved May 12, 2009.</ref> She was given two new songs from neither the stage version nor the film in which her mother appeared.

===Goodspeed Opera House Production===
In 2002, a production was mounted at Goodspeed Opera using a new book by [[Joe DiPietro]] which included plot points from the original 1937 version and also elements from the 1939 MGM film. The original score was utilized along with additional Rodgers and Hart songs. [[Randy Skinner]] choreographed the production.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}