MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 13, 1931
Closing Date
Feb 13, 1932
Performances
139
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Oct 13, 1931 - Feb 13, 1932)
Description
A musical in two acts and a prologue
Setting
Rehearsal Hall in "Biny" Hatfield's Dancing Academy, N.Y.; Studio Apartment of the Merricks' in Greenwich Village; Proxy's Theatre.
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by Sammy Fain; Book by Lambert Carroll; Based on "Up Pops the Devil" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; Lyrics by Irving Kahal; Musical Director: Tom Jones; Additional music by Harry Revel, Herman Hupfeld and Manning Sherwin; Additional lyrics by Herman Hupfeld, Mack Gordon, Edward Eliscu, Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal
Directed by William Mollison; Choreographed by William Holbrook; Under the supervison of Albertina Rasch
Scenic Design by Watson Barratt; Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Alison McLellan Hunter
Spencer Barnes
Laundryman
Jack Barratt
Ensemble
Mary Brooks
Dora
 
Ensemble
Andrew Carr
Buddy Hill
 
Specialty Dancer
Louise Carr
Specialty Dancer
Gladys Carter
Ensemble
Ruth Cook
Albertina Rasch Girl
Virginia Davis
Ensemble
Carl Duart
Ensemble
Elsie Duffy
Jane
 
Ensemble
Charles Garland
Mr. Platt
 
Ensemble
Donald Gordon
Ensemble
Louise Hansen
Premier Danseuse
 
Albertina Rasch Girl
Thomas Harty
A Drunk
Helen Hawkins
Ensemble
Edna Hedin
Helen
 
Ensemble
Dorothy Koster
Ensemble
Harriette Lake
Ann Cathway
Beatrice Lauri
Albertina Rasch Girl
Cecil Lean
George Kent
Bernice Lee
Grace
Clark Leston
Ensemble
Sally Lynne
Ensemble
Charles McClelland
Ensemble
Jack Moore
Ensemble
Edwin Murray
Ensemble
Hazzard Newberry
Ensemble
Jean Newcombe
Mrs. Geroge Kent
Lucille Osborn
Mrs. Platt
Naida Pahl
Trixie
 
Ensemble
Tesha Pearson
Albertina Rasch Girl
Ann Pennington
Louella Carroll
Una Ralph
Albertina Rasch Girl
Evan Ritter
Ensemble
Roy Roberts
Gilbert Morrell
Etna Ross
Ensemble
Jack Ross
Kelly
 
Ensemble
Oscar Shaw
Steve Merrick
Jack Sheehan
Biny Hatfield
Phoebe Wallace
Betty
Frances Williams
Polly Bascom
music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Irving Kahal
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 0
Sung By
One in a Million
Steve Merrick and Girls
Act 1
Sung By
All Wrapped Up in You
(music by Harry Revel; lyrics by Harold Adamson and Mack Gordon)
Steve Merrick and Ann Cathway
Pie Eyed Piper
Polly Bascom, Girls and Boys
Ta, Ta, Old Bean
(music by Manning Sherwin; lyrics by Edward Eliscu)
Steve Merrick, Ann Cathway, Polly Bascom and Biny Hatfield
As Time Goes By
(music by Herman Hupfeld; lyrics by Herman Hupfeld)
Polly Bascom
Even As You and I
Steve Merrick and Ann Cathway
Even As You and I (Reprise)
Steve Merrick and Ann Cathway
Act 2
Sung By
Feather in a Breeze
Louella Carroll, Girls and Boys
Lease in My Heart
Steve Merrick and Ann Cathway
Lease in My Heart (Reprise)
Steve Merrick, Louella Carroll, A Drunk, Boys and Girls
Nature Played a Dirty Trick on You
(music by Manning Sherwin; lyrics by Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal)
Polly Bascom and Biny Hatfield
As Time Goes By (Reprise)
Polly Bascom and Biny Hatfield
Even As You and I (Reprise)
Steve Merrick and Ann Cathway
I Shot the Works
(music by Manning Sherwin; lyrics by Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal)
Polly Bascom
Four Grecians
Biny Hatfield, George Kent, A Drunk and Buddy Hill
Is Rhythm Necessary?
Polly Bascom, Louella Carroll, Girls and Boys
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