Before "White Christmas" debuted in 1954, radio kept the "Holiday Inn" flame burning bright. On January 11, 1943, CBS broadcast a half-hour long radio dramatization of "Holiday Inn," featuring Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore (via the Paley Center). Over the next decade, radio dramatizations of "Holiday Inn" would take over the airwaves, including a broadcast on November 19, 1948, starring George Murphy, Martha Tilton, and Gordon McRae, as reported by Podtail.
Of course, one of the most famous homages to "Holiday Inn" would be 1954's "White Christmas," starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, per American Profile. Fred Astaire turned down the second lead in the film, and it eventually made its way to Danny Kaye. But Bing Crosby repurposed his hit song as well as the set from "Holiday Inn" for this "semi-remake."
In 2013, Goodspeed Musicals began work on a live theater adaptation of "Holiday Inn" and "White Christmas" based on the book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge. The production featured Irving Berlin's music from the original movies. This adaptation premiered in East Haddam, Connecticut, on September 19, 2014. Another adaptation of the movie by Roundabout Theatre Company played Broadway at Studio 54 in autumn of 2016, starring Bryce Pinkham, Megan Lawrence, and Corbin Bleu (via Playbill). It finally brought Berlin's dream to life of a Broadway musical revue commemorating America's significant holidays.
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