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Miss 1917 is a musical comedy with a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, music by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern, and lyrics by various writers. In the style of a musical revue, the show featured songs from such musicals as The Wizard of Oz, Three Twins, Babes in Toyland, Ziegfeld Follies, and The Belle of New York.

History
Produced by Charles Dillingham and Florenz Ziegfeld as a successor to The Century Girl, the revue premiered in a Broadway theatre production on November 5, 1917, at the Century Theatre. The original cast featured comedian Lew Fields in the starring role.

This Broadway production was staged, directed, and supervised by Ned Wayburn, with choreography by Adolph Bohm. The rest of the creative comprised set designer Joseph Urban, who built a rotating thrust stage for the theater. The show's costume design was attributed to eight designers, including Paul Chaflin, Willy Pogany, and Max Weldy.

Kern originally wanted lead actress Vivienne Segal to sing "They Didn't Believe Me" in the revue, though Dillingham and Herbert preferred her to sing "Kiss Me Again". Segal's siding with the latter caused tension in the production crew. The cast also had Bessie McCoy Davis, Bert Savoy, and Irene Castle. Despite positive reviews, the show closed on January 5, 1918, after only six weeks of performances.

A month after Miss 1917's closing, on February 20, 1918, costumes used in the show were sold in a auction, raising $11,300, according to The New York Times. Most of the items for auction were bought by J. J. Shubert.

Musical numbers

 * Act I
 * "The Mosquitos Frolic"
 * "The Society Farmerettes"
 * "(We're) Crooks"
 * "Papa Would Persist in Picking Peaches"
 * "A Dancing M.D."
 * "That's the Picture I Want to See"
 * "The Honor System"
 * "Good-bye Broadway"
 * "(I'm) The Old Man in the Moon"
 * "The Land Where Good Songs Go"
 * "Follow On"
 * "In the Good Old Summertime"
 * "Dinah"
 * "Under the Bamboo Tree"
 * "(The) Yama Yama (Man)"
 * "Sammy"
 * "Kiss Me Again"
 * "(Be My Little Baby) Bumble Bee"
 * March of the Toys"
 * Toy Clog Dance"


 * Act II
 * "We Want to Laugh"
 * "A Dancing Courtship"
 * "Who's Zoo in Girl Land"
 * "Midnight in Dreamy Spain"
 * "Oh What a Beautiful Baby"
 * "The Palm Beach Girl"