 Produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians", it premiered on Broadway on March 16, 1897 at the Knickerbocker Theatre and ran initially for 79 performances.It remained very popular into the new century, running almost continuously for the next seven years.Herbert's second Broadway success (after "The Wizard of the Nile"), "The Serenade" is a romantic comedy about a song that sweeps the Spanish countryside.