Jumbo is a musical produced by Billy Rose, with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Production The musical opened on Broadway at the Hippodrome Theatre on November 16, 1935 and closed on April 18, 1936 after 233 performances. Directed by John Murray Anderson and George Abbott it starred Jimmy Durante, Donald Novis, Gloria Grafton, and featured circus specialty acts. Jumbo tells the story of a financially strapped circus. At the end of each performance, Durante lay down on the stage and permitted a live elephant to place its foot upon his head. The large 5,000-seat theatre was turned into a circus tent where the many specialty acts (including acrobats and animal acts) performed during the show. The music was played by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Opening night The musicians included as follows: Paul Samuel Whiteman, leader Mischa Russell, concert master Matty Malneck, Harry Struble, Bob Lawrence, violins Eddie Wade, Harry Goldfield, Charlie Teagarden, trumpets Bill Rank, Jack Teagarden, Hal Matthews, trombones Bennie Bonacio, Frank Trumbauer, alto saxophones John Baptiste Cordaro, Edward Powell, tenor saxophones Charlie Strickfaden, baritone saxophone Roy Bargy, piano Michael Pingitore, banjo Artie Miller, bass Norman McPherson, tuba Larry Gomerdinger, drums and percussion Songs Act 1 Over and Over Again – Mr. Ball and Henderson's Razorbacks The Circus Is on Parade – Henderson's Razorbacks and Artists of the Circus The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Matt Mulligan Jr. and Mickey Considine Laugh – Claudius B. Bowers and Circus Specialty My Romance – Matt Mulligan Jr. and Mickey Considine Little Girl Blue – Mickey Considine Act 2 The Song of the Roustabouts – The Razorbacks Women –Claudius B. Bowers, Circus Specialty, Allan K. Foster Girls and Dancers Memories of Madison Square Garden (When the Circus Played the Garden) – Ensemble Diavolo – Mr. Ball, The Razorbacks and Circus Specialties The Circus Wedding – Entire Company and The Menagerie Note:The song "There's a Small Hotel", dropped from the production before it opened, later appeared in the 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical On Your Toes and became a standard. 1962 film The musical was made into a movie as Billy Rose's Jumbo in 1962, starring Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd, featuring Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment. Although Jimmy Durante was in