This is a rare March 29th, 1926 program (playbill) from the National Tour engagement of the VINCENT YOUMANS, FRANK MANDEL, OTTO HARBACH and IRVING CAESAR musical comedy hit "NO, NO, NANETTE" at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. (Following an ambitious tour, the production opened September 16th, 1925 at the Globe Theatre in New York City and ran for 321 performances before mounting tours throughout the country and abroad.) ..... "NO, NO, NANETTE" not only introduced the song "Tea For Two", one of the most popular show tunes of the twentieth century, but was responsible in large part for Baseball's legendary "Curse of the Bambino". Producer Harry Frazee (1881-1929) was a successful entertainment entrepreneur who in 1917 purchased the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He sold his star pitcher, slugger BABE RUTH to the New York Yankees in 1920 for the then unheard of price of $125,000 to finance his new Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette". This initiated the so-called "Curse of the Bambino", the third longest drought in World Series titles (1918 - 2004) which finally came to an end with Boston's 2004 championship ..... The musical starred JULIA SANDERSON, DONALD BRIAN, FRANK CRUMIT and ONA MUNSON in the title role and featured VIRGINIA O'BRIEN, EVA MAE FRANCIS, JOHN McCAULEY, IRENE COMER, GLADYS YATES, JANET HORTON, EDYTH RAY, HELENE RANDOLPH, HELEN BRAMAN, AUDREY BERRY, EXA LAMONT, SYLVIA BRADER, ETHEL FLEMING, ESTYL HOSEY, ROSEMARY LYNCH, KATHRYN CRAWFORD, MARGARET DE VOE, GRETA CRAWFORD, ETHEL DUFFIELD, EUNICE HOLMES, ANN STEWART, ETHYLE LAKE, C. LOCQUES LORRAINE, CHARLES SILER, BUDDY PENNY, JACK MORTON, DALE GRIGSBY, GLEN McCOMAS, JOHN ROBERT RIED and EARL CROOKER ..... CREDITS: Book by FRANK MANDEL and OTTO HARBACH; Lyrics by OTTO HARBACH and IRVING CAESAR; Music by VINCENT YOUMANS; Sets designed by P. DODD ACKERMAN; Choreographed by SAMMY LEE; Produced and Directed by H. H. FRAZEE ..... DETAILS: The four page program measures 4 1/4" X 6" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes and list of musical numbers, but no cast photos or bios ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing, this program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.