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Lady Fingers

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Shows · Lady Fingers

A light comic tale involving a nimble-fingered young woman whose talent for sleight of hand draws her into a world of romantic intrigue and comic misunderstandings. Her pickpocket skills lead to encounters with an assortment of colorful characters as she navigates love and larceny in Jazz Age New York.

Opened
1929
Performances
132
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Joseph MeyerLyrics: Edward EliscuBook: Eddie Buzzell

Productions1 on Broadway

1929 Vanderbilt Theatre Original. January 31, 1929 · Roy Mack 132 performances

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In the literature2 passages

*Ahoin "Lady Fingers" (1929) book:encyclopedia-of-theatre-music-a-comprehensive-listing-of-lewine-richard-simon-al#p113

Other musicals of the year were “Boom Boom,” “‘Lady Fingers,” ‘‘Pleasure Bound,” “Fioretta,” “Grand Street Folies,” “A Night in Venice,” “Show Girl,” “Sketch Book,” “Murray Anderson’s Almanack,” “Street Singer,” “Scandals” book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p245

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