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| 1925 | Gaiety Theatre Original. April 13, 1925 · John Harwood | 32 performances |
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Sweetheart, I’m So Glad That I Met You—see TELL ME MORE! [April 13, 1925] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p91
“Kickin’ the Clouds Away” (Tell Me More, 1925; sung by the entire company) were cut. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p376
DE SYLVA, who went on to become producer at 20th Century Fox and Paramount, and founder of Capitol Records, wrote songs and scores for: Sinbad (18); La, La Lucille (19); Sally (20); Bombo (21); The Broadway Whirl (21); The French Doll (22); Orange Blossoms (22); Sweet Little Devil (24); Big Boy (25); Captain Jinks (25)… book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p142
Tell Me More was also taken down, but after Leonore’s death the Gershwin heirs apparently lost interest; New World brought the last two out in a double-disc set in 2001. book:anything-goes-a-history-of-american-musical-theatre-ethan-mordden#p395
For the lyric to “Once,” see Tell Me More. book:the-complete-lyrics-of-ira-gershwin-gershwin-ira-1896-1983#p136
The texts for this set of shows ranged from expert (as in Oh, Kay!) to almost nonexistent (as in, for example, the altogether less structured Tell Me More), and this was one fact which undoubtedly helped the former to survive into later years as a revivable prospect while the latter faded forgettably away. book:the-musical-a-concise-history-second-edition-ga-nzl-kurt-findlay-jamie-2-2022010#p203
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