Treasure Girl

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Treasure Girl
Music George Gershwin
Lyrics Ira Gershwin
Book Fred Thompson
Vincent Lawrence
Productions 1928 Broadway

Treasure Girl is a 1928 musical comedy production. The show opened at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, in New York, New York on November 8, 1928, and ran for 68 performances, before closing on January 5, 1929.[1]

Contents

[edit] Musical numbers

Act 1
  • "Skull and Bones" -- Ensemble
  • "(I've Got a) Crush on You" -- Polly Tees, "Nat" McNally and Ensemble
  • "Oh, So Nice" -- Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester
  • "According to Mr. Grimes" -- Mortimer Grimes and Ensemble
  • "Place in the Country" -- Neil Forrester, Bunce and Girls
  • "K-ra-zy for You" -- "Nat" McNally, Polly Tees and Girls
  • "I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today" -- Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester
  • "I've Got a Rainbow" -- Larry Hopkins, Jack Wrigley, Mary Grimes, Betty, Madge, Kitty and Girls
  • "Feeling I'm Falling" -- Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester
Act 2
  • "Treasure Island" -- Ensemble
  • "What Causes That?" -- Polly Tees, "Nat" McNally and Girls
  • "What Are We Here For?" -- Ann Wainwright, "Nat" McNally and Girls
  • "I've Got a Rainbow (Reprise)" -- Girls
  • "Where's the Boy? (Here's the Girl!)" -- Ann Wainwright and Boys

[edit] Roles and original cast

  • Charles Barron as Jack Wrigley
  • Walter Catlett as Larry Hopkins
  • Norman Curtis as Bunce
  • John Dunsmure as "Slug" Bullard
  • Stephen Francis as First Mate
  • Virginia Franck as Madge
  • Paul Frawley as Neil Forrester
  • Victor Garland as Arthur
  • Ferris Hartman as Mortimer Grimes
  • Mary Hay as Polly Tees
  • Dorothy Jordan as Betty
  • Gertrude Lawrence as Ann Wainwright
  • Gertrude McDonald as Mary Grimes
  • Peggy O'Neill as Kitty
  • Edwin Preble as Postman
  • Clifton Webb as "Nat" McNally

[edit] References

  1. ^ Treasure Girl at the Internet Broadway Database

[edit] External link

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