Productions1 on Broadway
| 1955 | Plymouth Theatre Original. September 6, 1955 · Production supervised by Ray Golden (sketches directed by Danny Simon) | 23 performances |
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In the literature11 passages
The revue included six songs and sketches from Catch a Star! : “To Be or Not to Be in Love,” “Carnival in Court” (now “Holiday in Court”), “Arty,” “Gruntled,” “Matrimonial Agency,” and “The Story of Alice” (which was also heard as “The Story of Algernon” and “The Story of a Beautiful Child”). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p500
originally performed in the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star! ; book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p552
earned his first credits on Broadway with songs for revues (Harnick: New Faces of 1952; Bock: Catch a Star!, 1955). book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p390
Catch a Star! was another anemic revue with show business on the brain, and it too had a short run. If anything, the revue is now notable for “catching” a number of sketch writers, lyricists, and composers who within a few years would have major careers on Broadway: Neil Simon, Mike Stewart, Jerry Bock, and Lee Adams. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p500
“To Be or Not to Be (in Love)” (lyric by Ray Golden, Dan Shapiro, and Milton Pascal; music by Phil Charig) (choreography by Ludmilla Kiro) (Wardrobe Woman: Barbara Heller; Dancers: Joanne Larkin, Kelly Brown; Singers: Aileen Stanley Jr., Alec Davis); originally performed in the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star!; book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p553
Joy Ride was directed and coproduced by Ray Golden, who had written material for the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star!, which had played on Broadway five months earlier. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p558
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