Gentleman Prefer Blondes is a 1926 play by Anita Loos and John Emerson, based upon Loos' 1925 international best-selling novel of the same name.
In 1925 Loos published the novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady, a comic novel. By the end of the year, there was discussion that the novel would be made into a play. The play was produced by Edgar Selwyn. The play premiered in Detroit on April 28, 1926, at the Shubert-Detroit. It opened in Chicago on May 2, 1926, at the Selwyn Theatre, and was received positively by the Chicago Tribune. The play opened on Broadway at the Selwyn Theatre, on Tuesday, September 26, 1926, closing at Times Square Theatre.
Broadway opening night cast:)
The Daily News gave the play a positive review, although they felt it did not perform as well as they expected.