Tags: Musical.
Adonis is an 1884 burlesque musical produced by Edward E. Rice who also composed the music along with John Eller. The book was written by William Gill. After playing at Hooley’s Opera House in Chicago in the summer of 1884 it debuted at the Bijou Theatre in New York on September 4 1884. It there had a run of 603 consecutive performances making it the longest-running show on Broadway during that period and the longest Broadway run of all time until 1893.