Editing High Button Shoes (section)

==Productions==
''High Button Shoes'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[New Century Theatre]] October 9, 1947, it transferred to the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] December 22, 1947, then to [[The Broadway Theatre]] October 18, 1948, before closing July 2, 1949, after 727 performances.  The cast starred Silvers as Harrison Floy and Fabray as Sara Longstreet (who was replaced by [[Joan Roberts]] in June 1948), and featured [[Joey Faye]] as Mr. Pontdue and Jack McCauley as Henry (Papa) Longstreet.  The direction was by Abbott, choreography by Jerome Robbins, scenic design by Oliver Smith, costume design by Miles White, and lighting design by Peggy Clark. Robbins won the [[Tony Award]] for choreography.

The U.S. national tour ran in parallel with the Broadway shows, with [[Eddie Foy Jr.]] as Harrison Floy, [[Audrey Meadows]] as Sara "Mama" Longstreet and [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]] as Henry "Papa" Longstreet. It opened at the [[Boston Opera House]] April 26, 1948,<ref name"HBSBoston1948">{{cite book |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = High Button Shoes |date = April 26, 1948 |medium = Theatre program/playbill |location = Boston, MA |publisher = Boston Opera House |page = 1 |others = Eddie Foy, Jr., Audrey Meadows, Jack Whiting |url = https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153912429921 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210914111109/https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153912429921 |archive-date = September 14, 2021}}</ref> played at least 16 cities in the Midwest and Great Plains, including Chicago, Denver and Minneapolis, as well as Los Angeles on August 15, 1949,<ref name"HBSLA1949">{{cite book |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = High Button Shoes |date = August 15, 1949 |medium = Theatre program/playbill |location = Los Angeles, CA |publisher = Philharmonic Auditorium |page = 2 |others = Eddie Foy, Jr., Audrey Meadows, Jack Whiting |url = https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333596725342 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210914153725/https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333596725342
 |archive-date = September 14, 2021}}</ref> and closed December 31, 1949, in Kansas City.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

A London production opened at the [[Hippodrome, London|Hippodrome]] December 22, 1948, and ran for 291 performances. Two unknowns, [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Alma Cogan]], were among the chorus girls.

A television adaptation was broadcast live November 24, 1956, on [[NBC]] with Nanette Fabray and Joey Faye repeating their original roles, [[Hal March]] as Harrison Floy and [[Don Ameche]] as Papa Longstreet.<ref name="Hischak2009">{{cite book |last = Hischak |first = Thomas |title = The Oxford Companion to the American Musical |date = 2009 |page = 340 |edition = 3rd |type = softcover |location = Oxford |publisher = Oxford University Press |isbn = 978-0195335330}}</ref>

The musical was revived at the [[Goodspeed Opera House]], [[East Haddam, Connecticut]] July 1982 through September 11, 1982.<ref>Shepard, Richard F. [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9900EFDE1239F934A15754C0A964948260&oref=slogin  "Stage: Goodspeed Offers 'High Button Shoes'"], ''The New York Times'', July 27, 1982</ref>  [[Goodspeed Musicals]] revived the work again, July 13 through September 22, 2007.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Jones| first=Kenneth|
 url=http://www.playbill.com/article/high-button-shoes-opens-aug-8-at-goodspeed-new-styne-cahn-song-added-com-142866| title=High Button Shoes Opens Aug. 8 at Goodspeed; "New" Styne-Cahn Song Added| journal=[[Playbill]]| date=August 8, 2007| access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>Gold, Sylvaine [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26theaterct.html?scp=1&sq=High+Button+Shoes&st=nyt "Review:'High Button Shoes'"]''The New York Times'', August 26, 2007</ref>

More recently, the musical was revived again at the New York City Center on May 8–12, 2019.<ref name="NYCC2019">{{cite web |title= High Button Shoes |date= May 2019 |publisher= New York City Center |url= https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2018-2019/High-Button-Shoes/ |website= www.nycitycenter.org |access-date= February 13, 2022 }}</ref>