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[[File:The New Moon.jpg|thumb|Sheet music cover for "[[Lover, Come Back to Me]]" from ''The New Moon'' (1928)]]
'''''The New Moon''''' is an [[operetta]] with music by [[Sigmund Romberg]], lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, [[Frank Mandel]], and [[Laurence Schwab]]. The show was the third in a string of [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hits for Romberg (after ''[[The Student Prince]]'' (1924) and ''[[The Desert Song]]'' (1926)) written in the style of [[Viennese operetta]]. Set
It premiered in [[Philadelphia]] in 1927 and played on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1928. It spawned a number of revivals and two [[#Film versions|film adaptations]], and it remains popular with light opera companies. The piece turned out to be "Broadway's last hit operetta",<ref name=Encores!/> as [[World War II]] and the [[musical theatre#The Golden Age (1940s to 1960s)|Golden Age of musicals]] approached, heralding a change in musical theatre genres.<ref>[[Richard Traubner|Traubner, Richard]]. ''Operetta: A Theatrical History'', pp. 357–399. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company (1983)</ref>
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