The Passing Show of 1916

The Passing Show of 1916 is a revue featuring the music of Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan, with book and lyrics by Harold Atteridge.

It opened in the Winter Garden Theater on June 22, 1916 and played for 140 performances, closing on October 21, 1916.

In 1912, Lee and Jacob J. Shubert began an annual series of twelve elaborate Broadway revues at the Winter Garden Theatre, using the name The Passing Show of 19XX, designed to compete with the popular Ziegfeld Follies.

They featured libretti by Atteridge and music usually by Romberg, Gershwin or Herman Finck.

Other stars included Charlotte Greenwood, Marilyn Miller, Ed Wynn, De Wolf Hopper, Charles Winninger, Fred Astaire and his sister Adele, Marie Dressler and Fred Allen.

Spoof in which Theodore Roosevelt , Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes seek the hand of "Miss Nomination"
The Winter Garden Theatre, while the review was playing