Hardcore fans of vintage Broadway and classic films will be familiar with the legacy artists largely responsible for that transformation: Irving Berlin, George S. Immediately prior to that time, Broadway began to morph out of Vaudeville, the touring variety entertainment format that had dominated the theatre business since the late nineteenth century. In the Roaring Twenties, musical theatre in America bore little resemblance to the phenomenon it would become in the late 1930s and 1940s. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, c’est correct? Not surprisingly, the lessons of this seismic real-property disaster went unheeded in the late 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in a similar real estate and housing crisis (the effects of which the American Southwest is still recovering from). Florida wouldn’t fully recover from the bust until after World War II. As the rest of the nation’s economy collapsed, so did the economic fortunes of the Sunshine State. When the land bubble burst, it was a contributing factor in the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Cocoanuts is set during the hysteria of the infamous Florida real-estate boom of the 1920s, prior to the bottom falling out. And, for good measure, the zany plot actually bears significance to modern times. Well, folks, “not so fast!” In actuality, this romp in the tropics is the collaborative work of some of the most significant theatrical talent of the early twentieth century. Constructed around a young romance, a wonky hotel, and a trio of concurrent swindles, to some this show might simply seem an exercise in frivolity. The Cocoanuts is, essentially, a rollicking farce set amid the Florida sun and a bevvy of palm trees.
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