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Simple Simon

Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Book by Ed Wynn and Guy Bolton
Opened 1930 and ran for 135 performances.

Synopsis

This show was built around Ed Wynn, on the theory that three solid hours of The Perfect Fool would guarantee success.

Song List

Coney Island
Don't Tell Your Folks
Magic Music
I Still Believe in You
Send for Me
Dull and Gay
Sweetenheart
Hunting the Fox
Come On, Men
Ten Cents a Dance
Rags and Tatters
Peter Pan
I Can Do Wonders With You

Dropped Songs

Dancing on the Ceiling
He Was Too Good to Me
Oh, So Lovely
The Simple Simon Instep
Prayers of Tears And Laughter
Hunting Song
Come Out Of The Nursery
Sing Glory Hallelujah

Info

Original Cast starred Ed Wynn & Ruth Etting (Who joined the company twenty-four hours before the New York Opening.)

The song "Ten Cents A Dance" was written to order in 3/4's of an hour for Ruth Etting.

The song "Dancing On The Ceiling" which eventually was thrown out of Simple Simon appeared in the show Evergreen in London, during the same year. The song was also banned for a long time by the radio networks. Although Rodgers and Hart tried to find out why, the closest answer they got was because of the use of the word "Bed" in the song.

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