''The Red Petticoat'' is a 1912 musical-comedy in 3 acts with book and lyrics by

Rida Johnson Young Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1875 – May 8, 1926) was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist.IBDBRida Johnson Young Retrieved November 21, 2007 In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She ...

and Paul West, music by

Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over ...

, and directed by

Joseph W. Herbert Joseph William Herbert (27 November 1863–18 February 1923) was a British-born American director, silent-film actor, singer and dramatist notable for being the first person to play Ko-Ko in America in a pirate production of Gilbert and Sulli ...

. Set in the fictional town of Lost River,

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, the Western-genre musical starred

Helen Lowell Helen Lowell born Helen Lowell Robb (1866–1937) was an American stage and film actress. Life Lowell was born in New York on June 2, 1866, to William and Mary Robb. In 1884 she debuted in the title role of Iolanthe at the Academy of Music in Ne ...

as tough lady barber Sophie Brush in the rough silver-mining town of Lost River, Nevada, who gets her man. Songs included "I Wonder", "My Peaches and Cream", "Oh You Beautiful Spring", "The Ragtime Restaurant", and "Since the Days of Grandmamma".Hischak, Thomas S. (2013). ''The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia'', p. 163 The musical was based on a 1911 farcical melodrama by Young titled ''Next!''.Banfield, Stephen (2006
"First Triumphs"
''Jerome Kern'', Yale University Press It was Kern's first complete score. It opened at Daly's 30th St. Theatre on 13 November 1912 and moved to the

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, closing on January 4, 1913, after 61 performances.

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External links

''The Red Petticoat''
at the Internet Broadway Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Red Petticoat, The 1912 musicals Broadway musicals Musicals set in Nevada