Girl Crazy
Alvin Theatre | 272 Performances
Opening Night October 14, 1930
Produced by
Vinton Freedley & Alex A. Aarons
Lyrics BY
Ira Gershwin
Book by
Guy Bolton & John McGowan
Music BY
George Gershwin
Directed by
Alexander Leftwich
Dances by
George Hale
Settings by
Donald Oenslager
Costumes by
Kiviette
The cast includes
Willie Howard, Allen Kearns, William Kent, The Foursome and Ginger Rogers. Roger Edens (onstage pianist) and the Red Nichols Orchestra (including Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden.)
Merman Introduces
“Sam and Delilah” • “I Got Rhythm” • “Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!”
George White's Scandals (11th Edition)
Apollo Theatre | 202 Performances
Opening Night September 14, 1931
sketches by
George White, Lew Brown, Irving Caesar and Harry Conn
Lyrics BY
Lew Brown
Music BY
Ray Henderson
Directed by
George White
Settings by
Joseph Urban
Costumes by
Charles LeMaire
The cast includes
Willie & Eugene Howard, Everett Marshall, Ray Bolger, Rudy Vallee, Ethel Barrymore Colt and Alice Faye’s in the chorus! There is also a tribute to the newly opened Empire State Building.
Merman Introduces
“Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries” • “Ladies and Gentlemen, That’s Love” • “My Song” • “The Good Old Days”
Take A Chance
Apollo Theatre | 243 Performances
Opening Night November 26, 1932
Produced by
Laurence Schwab & B.G. DeSylva
Lyrics BY
B.G. DeSylva
Book by
B.G. DeSylva & Laurence Schwab (additional dialogue by Sid Silvers)
Music BY
Richard A. Whiting & Herb Brown Nacio
Additional music
Vincent Youmans
Directed by
Edgar MacGregor
Dances by
Bobby Connolly
Settings by
Cleon Throckmorton
Costumes by
Kiviette & Charles Le Maire
The cast includes
Jack Haley, Jack Whiting, Sid Silvers, June Knight and Mitzi Mayfair
Merman Introduces
“I Got Religon” • “Rise ‘n Shine” • “You’re an Old Smoothie” • “Eadie Was a Lady”
FUN FACT ABOUT THE SHOW
Take A Chance originally tried out (and failed) under the title Humpty Dumpty
Anything Goes
Alvin Theatre | 420 Performances
Opening Night November 21, 1934
Produced by
Vinton Freedley
Book by
Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse
completely revised by
Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Lyrics and music BY
Cole Porter
Directed by
Howard Lindsay
DANCES by
Robert Alton
settings by
Donald Oenslager
Costumes by
Jenkins
The cast includes
Willian Gaxton, Victor Moore, Bettina Hall, The Foursome and Vivian Vance
Merman Introduces
“I Get a Kick Out of You” • “You’re the Top” • “Anything Goes” • “Blow, Gabriel Blow” • “Buddy Beware”
Red, Hot, and Blue
Alvin Theatre | 183 Performances
Opening Night October 29, 1936
Produced by
Vinton Freedley
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Cole Porter
Book by
Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by
Howard Lindsay
Dances by
George Hale
Settings by
Donald Oenslager
Costumes by
Constance Ripley
The cast includes
Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope, Polly Walters and Vivian Vance
Merman Introduces
“Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)” •
“You’ve Got Something” • “It’s DeLovely” “Ridin’ High” • “ The Ozarks are Calling Me Home” • “Red, Hot and Blue” • “You’re a Bad Influence On Me”
Stars in Your Eyes
Majestic Theatre | 127 Performances
Opening Night February 9, 1939
Produced by
Dwight Deere Wiman
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Dorothy Fields
music BY
Arthur Schwartz
Book by
J.P. McEvoy
Directed by
Josh Logan
Dances by
Carl Randall
Settings by
Jo Mielziner
Costumes by
John Hambleton
The cast includes
Jimmy Durante, Tamara Toumanova, Richard Carlson, Mildred Natwick, Dan Dailey, Jr., Mary Wickes. Nora Kaye, Maria Karniloff and Jerome Robbins were in the chorus.
Merman Introduces
“This Is It” • “A Lady Needs a Change” • “Just a Little Bit More” •
“I’ll Pay the Check” • “It’s All Yours”
DuBarry Was A Lady
46th Street Theatre | 408 Performances
Opening Night December 6, 1939
Produced by
B.G. DeSylva
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Cole Porter
Book by
Herbert Fields & B.G. DeSylva
Directed by
Degar MacGregor
Dances by
Robert Alton
Settings & COSTUMES by
Raoul Pene du Bois
The cast includes
Bert Lahr, Betty Grable, Benny Baker, Ronald Graham, Charles Walters
Merman Introduces
“When Love Beckoned(on Fifty Second Street)” • “But in the Morning, No” •
“Do I Love You” • “Give Him the Oo-La-La” • “Katie Went to Haiti” • “Friendship”
