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Great Day   

 
Cosmopolitan Theatre , (10/17/1929 - 11/16/1929)
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Opening Date:Oct 17, 1929   
Closing Date:Nov 16, 1929 Total Performances:36

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: The Randolph Plantation, near New Orleans, Louisiana; The Levee; The Spanish Casino; The Mississippi River.


Production Staff
Produced by Vincent Youmans
Music by Vincent Youmans; Book by William Carey Duncan and John Wells; Lyrics by William Rose and Edward Eliscu; Musical Director: Paul Lannin and Nicholas Kempner
Directed by R.H. Burnside and Frank M. Gillespie; Choreographed by Leroy Prinz
Scenic Design by Frank E. Gates and E. A. Morange; Costume Design by Mabel E. Johnston
Cast
Ismay Andrews Ensemble
Olive Ball Ensemble
George Battles Ensemble
May Brenton Ensemble
Mayme Briggs Ensemble
Letha Burson Ida May
Bob Burton Richard
Ensemble
Elizabeth Carroll Ensemble
Edward Cartier Ensemble
Hugh Chilvers Lantern Man
Kitty Coleman Carolyn
Grace Connelly Ensemble
Jackie Corrtez Ensemble
Frank Daley Pete
Ensemble
Christine Davis Ensemble
Mildred Dawson Ensemble
Peggy Deighton Ensemble
Doris Delairs Ensemble
Lois Deppe Lijah
Harold Des Verney Ensemble
Diana Doering Ensemble
Jean Donnald Ensemble
James Downes Ensemble
Maude Eburne Mazie Brown
William Ehlers Ensemble
Georgia English Ensemble
Irene Evans Ensemble
Gertrude Fayde Ensemble
Jewell Fisher Ensemble
Olga Fox Ensemble
Rita Garcia Ensemble
Loise Gay Ensemble
Lackaye Grant Ensemble
Josephine Gray Ensemble
S. H. Gray Ensemble
John Haynes Carlos Zarega
Millie Holmes Ensemble
Olive Hopkins Ensemble
Halle Howard Ensemble
Lillian Howard Ensemble
Carrie Huff Ensemble
Herman Hylander Ensemble
Pearl Johnson Ensemble
Jean Joyce Ensemble
Adelaide Kaiser Ensemble
Walter C. Kelly Judge Totheridge
Roberta Kent Ensemble
Frank Larsen Ensemble
Buddy Lavon Ensemble
Blanche Le Clair Kitty
Dixie Lester Ensemble
Larri Lorear Ensemble
Assorta Marshall Ensemble
Emily Martin Ensemble
Kay Mason Ensemble
Mary Mason Ensemble
Snippy Mason Ensemble
Hamilton McLean Ensemble
Beth Meredith Ensemble
Mayo Methot Emma Lou Randolph
Alfred Milano Ensemble
Margaret Miller Ensemble
Miller and Lyles Henry White
Babe Jackson
Josephine Mostler Ensemble
Helen Newton Ensemble
Ethel Norris Susie Totheridge
Ralph Northern Ensemble
Marjorie Porter Ensemble
Allan Prior Jim Brent
Ken Pulsifer Tom
Ensemble
Essie Queen Ensemble
Alma Reynolds Ensemble
Louise Reynolds Ensemble
Estell Richardson Ensemble
Mildred Schroder Ensemble
Vincent Simonin Charlie
Ensemble
Herbert Skinner Ensemble
J. De Witt Spencer Ensemble
Frances Stevens Ensemble
Billy Taylor Phil Randolph
Billy Toy Ensemble
Vanessi Pepita Padilla
Vera Villon Ensemble
Helen Wallace Ensemble
Olive Wanamaker Ensemble
Jean Warren Ensemble
Gladys Wells Ensemble
Harriet Williams Ensemble
Margie Woods Ensemble
Paulyne Wynter Ensemble
music by Vincent Youmans; lyrics by William Rose and Edward Eliscu 

ACT 1Sung By
Does It Pay to Be a Lady? Susie Totheridge and Ensemble
I Like What You Like Phil Randolph, Emma Lou Randolph and Girls
Happy Because I'm in Love Emma Lou Randolph, Jim Brent and Ensemble
Great Day Lijah and Jubilee Singers
One Love Jim Brent
Si, Si, Senor Ensemble
Open Up Your Heart Phil Randolph and Susie Totheridge
Wedding Bells Ring On Mazie Brown, Judge Totheridge, Phil Randolph and Susie Totheridge
More Than You Know Emma Lou Randolph
Play the Game Jim Brent and Ensemble
Happy Because I'm in Love Emma Lou Randolph
ACT 2Sung By
Sweet As Sugar Cane Ensemble
Without a Song Lijah and Jubilee Ensemble
Happy Because I'm in Love (Reprise)Jim Brent and Emma Lou Randolph
Scarecrows Susie Totheridge, Phil Randolph and Dancers