Murray Anderson's Almanac: History and Key Facts

Murray Anderson's Almanac: A Revusical Comedy of Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow (1880–1930) was a Broadway show from 1929.

It was produced by the Almanack Theatrical Corporation with John Murray Anderson and Gil Boag as directors. It was based on the style of an almanac publication. The chronological order of the 28 scenes in the show was referred to by page numbers, and so scene 5 was described on page 5 in the program and so on. The theatrical corporation produced what it called the first edition of the show on August 14, 1929, at the Erlanger's Theater on Broadway in New York City.

The authors of the comedy sketches were Harry Ruskin, Noël Coward, Paul Gerard Smith, Ronald Jeans, Peter Arno, Anna Wynne, and Rube Goldberg.

Music was by Henry Sullivan and Milton Ager with lyrics by Jack Yellen.

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