''The Girl in the Taxi'' is a three-act musical comedy written by

Stanislaus Stange Stanislaus Stange (1862–1917) was a playwright, librettist and lyricist who created many Broadway shows in the '' fin-de-siecle'' era and early 20th century. After minor success as an actor, Stange made his career as a writer in the musical theatr ...

, with music by

Benjamin Hapgood Burt Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thi ...

. Set in New York City, it is one of several adaptations of ''Le Fils à papa'', a French comedy by

Antony Mars Antony Mars (22 October 1861 – 17 February 1915) was a French playwright Biography After he studied at a high school in Marseille, Antony March became a lawyer's clerk then an employee at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. En 1882, ...

and

Maurice Desvallières Ernest George Maurice Lefebvre-Desvallières (3 October 1857 – 23 March 1926) was a 19th–20th-century French playwright. Maurice was the brother of George Desvallières, son of Emile Lefebvre Desvallières and Marie Legouvé (daughter and gr ...

. The 1910 Broadway production was produced by

Albert H. Woods Albert Herman Woods (born Aladore Herman; January 3, 1870 – April 24, 1951) was a Hungarian-born theatrical producer who spent much of his life in the USA. He produced over 140 plays on Broadway, including some of the most successful sho ...

and directed by Carter DeHaven; the latter of whom also performed the role of Bertie Stewart.

Cast and characters

The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:

History

Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières wrote ''Le Fils à papa'', a three-act French comedy, in 1906. In early 1910, English-American author Stanislaus Stange adapted the play into an English-language musical comedy with songs by composer

. Stange's adaptation premiered at the Cort Theatre in Chicago on January 16, 1910. After running in Chicago and Boston, ''The Girl in the Taxi'' appeared on Broadway at the Astor Theatre on October 24, 1910. It played there for six weeks with 48 performances.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girl in the Taxi, The 1910 musicals Broadway musicals Musical comedy plays Musicals set in New York City Plays by Stanislaus Stange Plays based on other plays