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| 1939 | Imperial Theatre Original. October 18, 1939 · George Abbott | 249 performances |
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Bracken, Eddie Too Many Girls, 108 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353
Rodgers and Hart had another hit at the Imperial with their college musical Too Many Girls (10/18/39; 249 performances). The show had a lightweight book by George Marion Jr. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p277
Too Many Girls, directed by its Broadway director George Abbott and starring four members of the original stage cast, managed to salvage half of the score, seven songs—if you have been counting, this is close to a record for film adaptations. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p240
Songs interpolated from other Rodgers and Hart shows: “There’s a Small Hotel” (On Your Toes, 1936), “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” (Babes In Arms, 1937), and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” (Too Many Girls,” 939). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p565
“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” (Too Many Girls,” 1939). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p566
Rodgers recalls receiving the letter in Boston in October 1939 during the try-outs of Too Many Girls (Rodgers, 198). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p639
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