You Never Know (musical)

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You Never Know
Sheet music cover (cropped)
Music Cole Porter and Robert Katscher
Lyrics Cole Porter
Book Rowland Leigh
Productions 1938 Broadway

You Never Know is a musical with a book by Rowland Leigh, adapted from the European original by Seigfried Geyer and Karl Farkas, music by Cole Porter and Robert Katscher, lyrics by Cole Porter, additional lyrics by Rowland Leigh and Edwin Gilbert, directed by Rowland Leigh, and songs by others.

Produced by John Shubert, the Broadway production, opened on December 30, 1938 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 78 performances. Cast featured Clifton Webb, Lupe Velez, Libby Holman, Tony Wing, and Rex O’Malley.

This show was not a hit, but it is memorable as the source of the beautiful Porter standard "At Long Last Love".

Songs

Act I

  • I Am Gaston
  • Au Revoir, Cher Baron
  • By Candlelight (lyrics by Rowland Leigh; music by Robert Katscher)
  • Maria
  • You Never Know
  • Ladies’ Room (lyrics by Edwin Gilbert and Alexander Fogarty)
  • What Is That Tune?
  • For No Rhyme or Reason
  • Alpha to Omega
  • Don’t Let It Get You Down
  • What Shall I Do (lyrics by Rowland Leigh)

Act II

  • Let’s Put It to Music (lyrics by Edwin Gilbert and Alexander Fogarty)
  • At Long Last Love
  • Take Yourself a Trip (lyrics by Edwin Gilbert and Alexander Fogarty)
  • Yes, Yes, Yes
  • Gendarme (lyrics by Rowland Leigh and Robert Katscher)
  • No (You Can’t Have My Heart) (music and lyrics by Dana Suesse)
  • Good Evening, Princess
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Cole Porter musicals

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