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Oh, Lady! Lady!

Shows · Oh, Lady! Lady!

Using a minstrel-show catch line for a title, the last Kern-Wodehouse-Bolton Princess Theatre Musical was the exclamatory successor to Oh, Boy! In a plot that amounted to virtual self-plagiarism, the characters were again caught up in a series of amatory mixups and misunderstandings.

Opened
1918
Performances
219
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Jerome KernLyrics: P. G. WodehouseBook: Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse

Productions1 on Broadway

1918 Princess Theatre Original. February 1, 1918 · Edward Royce, Robert Milton 219 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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In the literature20 passages

The second offering did, in fact, indicate greater assurance in fulfilling the goals that the Princess management had initially outlined. Very Good Eddie not only adhered to the general plan but also set the style and standard for three subsequent Kern musicals written with Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse — Oh, Boy! , Leave… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p36

Curiously, the best known song written for Oh, Lady! Lady!! was never used in the show. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p40

whose book for Oh, Kay! retained something of the Anglo-American flavor or their previous Oh, Boy! and Oh, Lady! Lady!! book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p62

Very Good Eddie not only adhered to the general plan but also set the style and standard for three subsequent Kern musicals written with Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse — Oh, Boy!, Leave It to Jane, and Oh, Lady! Lady!!— that formed the seminal quartet known as the Princess Theatre Musicals. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p47

The trio continued their advancement of the musical theater form with the fifth Princess Theater show and their last collaboration, Oh, Lady! Lady! (2/ 1/18; 219 performances), with Vivienne Segal. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p447

After appearing in the legendary production of Miss 1917, Segal’s natural, commanding stage presence was used in Jerome Kern’s early musical comedy success Oh, Lady! Lady! book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p87

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