Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Hit the Deck is a musical with music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey and Leo Robin and book by Herbert Fields. It was based on the play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. Overall, it ran for 352 performances. The title refers to a nautical slang term that means to prepare for action (general) or to drop to a prone position on the ground (as a defensive response to hostile fire).The original production was staged at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on April 25, 1927. Charles King played Bilge, Louise Groody played Loulou and the show's co-producer, Lew M. Fields, and Alexander Leftwich directed. The production ran for 352 performances.The first London production opened at the Hippodrome on July 3, 1927 and ran for 277 performances. It starred Stanley Holloway. In The Manchester Guardian, Ivor Brown praised Holloway for a singing style "which coaxes the ear rather than clubbing the head.". }
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- Hit_the_Deck_(musical) abstract "Hit the Deck is a musical with music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey and Leo Robin and book by Herbert Fields. It was based on the play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. Overall, it ran for 352 performances. The title refers to a nautical slang term that means to prepare for action (general) or to drop to a prone position on the ground (as a defensive response to hostile fire).The original production was staged at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on April 25, 1927. Charles King played Bilge, Louise Groody played Loulou and the show's co-producer, Lew M. Fields, and Alexander Leftwich directed. The production ran for 352 performances.The first London production opened at the Hippodrome on July 3, 1927 and ran for 277 performances. It starred Stanley Holloway. In The Manchester Guardian, Ivor Brown praised Holloway for a singing style "which coaxes the ear rather than clubbing the head."".