Jerry Goff

On stage 1 production

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In the literature6 passages

• Cast: Bobby Clark & Paul McCullough, Blanche Ring, Jerry Goff, Doris Carson, Dudley Clements, Red Nichols Orchestraebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• TYPICAL SELF-MADE AMERICAN Published in the complete piano-vocal score May 1930. Introduced by Dudley Clements (Fletcher), Jerry Goff (Jim), and ensemble. A few lines were altered from the version used in the 1927 Strike Up the Band, and the encore is new.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• vocal score May 1930. Introduced and reprised by Jerry Goff (Jim) and Margaret Schilling (Joan). The music to the verse came from the verse of ““Hoping that Someday You’d Care” of the 1927 version of Strike Up the Band.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• Published in the complete piano-vocal score May 1930. Introduced by Jerry Goff (Jim), Margaret Schilling (Joan), Robert Bentley (Sloane), Dudley Clements (Fletcher), Bobby Clark (Holmes), and ensemble. This number is virtually identical to the “‘Finaletto, Act I” of the 1927 version, with a few altered lyrics and one section deleted at th…theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• Introduced during the Boston engagement of the tryout by Jerry Goff (Jim) and female ensemble. Dropped before the New York opening. The lyric is adapted from the 1927 version’s “Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War.”theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
• FINALETTO, ACT Il, SCENE | Intended for Dudley Clements (Fletcher), Blanche Ring (Mrs. Draper), Jerry Goff (Jim), Robert Bentley (Sloane), Margaret Schilling (Joan), and ensemble. Dropped during rehearsals. A revised lyric (now missing) was introduced in Act II during the Boston and New Haven tryouts but dropped before the New York openin…theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

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