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Sunny

Shows · Sunny

Sunny is a musical comedy with music by Jerome Kern and a libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. The plot involves Sunny, the star of a circus act, who falls for a rich playboy but comes in conflict with his snooty family.

Opened
1925
Performances
517
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Jerome KernLyrics: Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein IIBook: Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II

Productions1 on Broadway

1925 New Amsterdam Theatre Original. September 22, 1925 · Hassard Short 517 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 literature32 passages

Hammerstein first collaborated with composer JEROME KERN on the show Sunny (9/22/25; 517 performances). Harbach worked with Hammerstein on the book and lyrics, and Charles Dillingham produced the musical at the New AMSTERDAM THEATRE. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p233

Kern’s next show, Sunny (9/22/25; 517 performances), another great success, reunited the composer with his star of Sally, Marilyn Miller. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p300

Sunny, a vehicle for Marilyn Miller with a score by Kern, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater for a run of 517 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p19

She starred in several of his musical comedies, including Sally (1920), Sunny (1925), and Rosalie (1928). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p261

'In Araby With You”—new lyric for “Sunshine” from SUNNY “You Will—Won’t You?”—new lyric for “I’ve Looked For Trouble” from London production of SUNNY, a revised version of “Bought And Paid For” from THE LAUGHING HUSBAND [February 2, 1914] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p82

I Can’t Forget Your Eyes—see SUNNY [Septem- ber 22, 1925] and CRISS-CROSS [October 12, 1926]; Bought and Paid For—see SUNNY [September 22; 1925] and CRISS-CROSS [October 12, 1926] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p41

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