Broadway Long Runs: How New York Became Home to the Long Run
…ballet troupe featuring 100 women was in New York City and prior to their opening night the theatre they were to appear at burned down. They needed a place to perform and the producers of The Black Crook needed something to spice up the show. Thus, the solution was to include the ballet troupe of women in various dance numbers scantily clad and to add in some major stage effects to supplement the Faust-like storyline. The Black Crook was in essen…