Tommy Rot

About the show

Tommy Rot is a musical in two acts with both music and lyrics by Safford Waters, and a book by Rupert Hughes, Joseph W. Herbert, Paul West, and Kirke La Shelle. It premiered on Broadway at Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse on October 21, 1902. It ran for 39 performances; closing on November 22, 1902. It used sets by Joseph A. Physioc and D. Frank Dodge. The musical's most successful number was "The Belle of Avenue A" which was performed by Blanche Ring.