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La, La, Lucille

Shows · La, La, Lucille

John Smith stands to inherit two million dollars from his eccentric aunt — but only if he divorces his wife Lucille. Desperate for the money, John concocts an elaborate scheme to stage a fake adultery scandal that will give Lucille grounds for divorce. But the plan goes comically awry when a hotel mix-up, a jealous dentist, and a series of mistaken identities turn the attempted divorce into a farcical love triangle.

Opened
1919
Performances
104
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: George GershwinLyrics: Arthur Jackson, B.G. DeSylvaBook: Fred Jackson

Productions1 on Broadway

1919 Henry Miller's Theatre Original. May 26, 1919 · Herbert Mason 104 performances

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In the literature5 passages

On May 26, 1919, the theater housed a musical, GEORGE GERSHWIN’S La, La, Lucille. Alex Aarons (see AARONS AND FREEDLEY) and George B. Seitz produced the show, which was one of the few musicals produced on the Henry Miller stage. The “New Up-to-the- Minute Musical Comedy of Class and Distinction” was Gershwin’s first co… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p256

La, La, Lucille, the first show with a complete score by George Gershwin, debuts at the Henry Miller Theater. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p18

Famous as the first Broadway show with a complete score by Gershwin, La, La, Lucille. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p221

George Gershwin was only twenty years old when he wrote his first show. La, La, Lucille, in 1919. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p157

George had songs in Broadway shows like Ladies First (1918), Good Morning, Judge (1919) and The Lady in Red (1919); and finally wrote his first full score for La, La, Lucille in 1919. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p121

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