Times Square was not even one year old (and it had previously been called Longacre Square), when Victor Herbert's Mademoiselle Modiste opened on Christmas Day 1905.
The show was a HIT -- running for over 200 performances -- and is about Fifi, a shop girl, who becomes a stage star, the toast of Paris and ultimately weds her beloved in spite of the opposition of his aristocratic uncle. Songs include: "The Time, The Place, The Girl," "Kiss Me Again," "When The Cat’s Away," "The Mascot of The Troop," " Hats Make The Woman," and "I Want What I Want When I Want It."
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