MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1931
Closing Date
Jan 14, 1933
Performances
441
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Dec 26, 1931 - Oct 1933)
46th Street Theatre
(Oct 10, 1932 - Jan 14, 1933)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
In and around New York, Washington and Atlantic City.
Produced by Sam H. Harris
Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind; Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Musical Director: Charles Previn; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly
Staged by George S. Kaufman; Dances by Chester Hale
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Charles Le Maire
Ruth Adams
Ensemble
Dave Allman
The Jack Linton Band
Florenz Ames
The French Ambassador
Kathleen Ayres
Ensemble
Bruce Barclay
Ensemble
Vivian Barry
Chambermaid
Charles Bennett
The Jack Linton Band
Leslie Bingham
Nora
Grace Brinkley
Diana Devereaux
Bobbie Brodsley
Ensemble
Robert Burton
Ensemble
Martha Carroll
Ensemble
Mary Carroll
Ensemble
Ray Clarke
Ensemble
Dudley Clements
Matthew Arnold Fulton
Charles Conklin
Ensemble
Tom Curley
Ensemble
Dorothy Donnelly
Ensemble
Tom Draak
Vladimir Vidovitch
Leon Dunar
Ensemble
Ann Ecklund
Ensemble
Frank Erickson
Ensemble
Jack Fago
Ensemble
Michael Forbes
Ensemble
Olgene Foster
Ensemble
Virginia Franck
Ensemble
Frank Gagen
Ensemble
William Gaxton
John P. Wintergreen
Dorothy Graves
Ensemble
Yvonne Gray
Ensemble
Peggy Greene
Ensemble
Sulo Hevonpaa
Yusef Yussevitch
Walter Hinger
The Jack Linton Band
Milton Hollander
The Jack Linton Band
Georgette Lampsi
Ensemble
Terry Lawlor
Ensemble
David Lawrence
Ensemble
Martin Le Roy
Chief Senate Clerk
Jack Linton
The Jack Linton Band
Lillian Lorray
Ensemble
George E. Mack
Senator Robert E. Lyons
Martha Maggard
Ensemble
Sam Mann
Louis Lippman
Mary Mascher
Ensemble
John McCahill
Ensemble
Charles McClelland
Ensemble
Jake Vander Meulen
The Jack Linton Band
Frank Miller
The Jack Linton Band
Harold Moffet
Francis X. Gilhooley
Victor Moore
Alexander Throttlebottom
Lois Moran
Mary Turner
George Murphy
Sam Jenkins
Richard Neely
Ensemble
Hazzard Newberry
Ensemble
June O'Dea
Emily Benson
Anita Pam
Ensemble
Jack Ray
Ensemble
Ralph Riggs
The Chief Justice
 
Guide
Edward H. Robins
Senator Carver Jones
Billie Seward
Ensemble
Pete Shance
The Jack Linton Band
Grenna Sloane
Ensemble
Adele Smith
Ensemble
Barbara Smith
Ensemble
Baun Sturtz
Ensemble
Peggy Thomas
Ensemble
Patricia Whitney
Ensemble
Jessica Worth
Ensemble
music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Act 1
Sung By
Wintergreen for President
Ensemble
Who Is the Lucky Girl To Be?
Diana Devereaux and Ensemble
The Dimple on My Knee
Diana Devereaux, Sam Jenkins and Ensemble
Because, Because
Diana Devereaux, Sam Jenkins and Ensemble
As the Chairman of the Committee
Matthew Arnold Fulton and Company
How Beautiful
Company
Never Was There a Girl So Fair
Company
Some Girls Can Bake a Pie
John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner and Company
Love Is Sweeping the Country
Sam Jenkins, Emily Benson and Ensemble
Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner and Company
(Here's) a Kiss for Cinderella
John P. Wintergreen and Ensemble
I Was the Most Beautiful Blossom
Diana Devereaux
Some Girls Can Bake a Pie (Reprise)
John P. Wintergreen, Diana Devereaux, Judges and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Hello, Good Morning
Sam Jenkins, Emily Benson and Secretaries
Who Cares?
John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner and Reporters
Garcon, S'il vous plait
French Soldiers
The Illegitimate Daughter
The French Ambassador and Ensemble
Because, Because (Reprise)
Diana Devereaux and Ensemble
We'll Impeach Him
Senator Robert E. Lyons, Francis X. Gilhooley and Ensemble
Who Cares? (Reprise)
John P. Wintergreen and Mary Turner
The (Senatorial) Roll Call
Alexander Throttlebottom and Ensemble
Garcon, S'il vous plait (Reprise)
The French Ambassador and French Soldiers
The Illegitimate Daughter (Reprise)
The French Ambassador and French Soldiers
Jilted
Diana Devereaux and Company
Who Could Ask For Anything More? (I'm About to Be a Mother)
Mary Turner and Company
Posterity (Is Just Around the Corner)
John P. Wintergreen and Company
Trumpeter, Blow Your (Golden) Horn
Ensemble
Finale (On That Matter No One Budges)
Entire Company

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1932 Winner
Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
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