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Music By Irving Berlin
Lyrics By Irving Berlin
Book/Libretto by: Moss Hart
Produced by: Sam H. Harris
Choreography by: Charles Weidman
Directed by: Hassard Short
Opened: September 30, 1933
Theatre: Music Box
# of Performances: 400

Synopsis

A Musical Revue structured in the form of a newspaper, with various stories and features all depicted in song and dance.

Song List

Man Bites Dog
How's Chances?
Heat Wave
Debts
Lonely Heart
The Funnies
Easter Parade
Metropolitan Opening
Metropolitan Opens in Old-Time Splendor
Supper Time
Our Wedding Day
Harlem On My Mind
Through a Keyhole
Not For All the Rice in China
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee

Cast List

Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb, Helen Broderick, Ethel Waters, Hal Forde, Jerome Cowan, Harry Stockwell, Jose Limon, Letitia Ide, Thomas Hamilton & Leslie Adams

Original Revival Cast included: Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Kevin Chamberlin, Paula Newsome, Mary Beth Peil & B.D. Wong

Misc. Show Information

The original 1933 production was Broadway-great Marilyn Miller's last show before her untimely death, and was the first-ever Broadway show to star an African-American -- Jazz star Ethel Waters -- on stage in equal billing with Caucasians.

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