The musical premiered at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on April 23, 1928, for a week of tryout performances.[5]
The work opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 1, 1928, and was produced by Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley with Paul Lannin serving as musical director; Sammy Lee as choreographer; costumes designed by Kiviette; and scenic designs by John Wenger.[6][2] It closed after 71 performances on June 30, 1928.[2]
Time called the Broadway production one "for fun-loving rovers".[7]
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The production marked the American debut of French soprano and actress Colette D'Arville as Claudette Pernier.[8][5] Other leading performers in the show included William Frawley as Toplis, Ben Bernie, as Dan Danny, Eric Blore as Sir Basil Carraway, Irene Delroy as Joyce Baxter, Peggy Chamberlain as Cora Bibby, Allen Kearns as Billy Howe, Helen Carrington as Toni Treadwell, Ross Himes as Mr. Petrie, and Dillon Ober as Wilbur.[6]
here, howe, musical, acts, with, music, roger, wolfe, kahn, joseph, meyer, lyrics, irving, caesar, swing, music, standard, crazy, rhythm, written, this, show, work, musical, book, written, fred, thompson, paul, gerard, smith, musical, mainly, boston, massachus. Here s Howe is a musical in two acts with music by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer and lyrics by Irving Caesar 1 2 The swing music standard Crazy Rhythm was written for this show 3 The work s musical book was written by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith 1 The musical is set mainly in Boston Massachusetts at the Tredwell Motor Company where the play s central characters work but with additional scenes in Havana Cuba when the characters take a trip abroad 4 Contents 1 Productions 2 Cast 3 Musical numbers 3 1 Act l 3 2 Act ll 4 ReferencesProductions editThe musical premiered at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on April 23 1928 for a week of tryout performances 5 The work opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 1 1928 and was produced by Alex A Aarons and Vinton Freedley with Paul Lannin serving as musical director Sammy Lee as choreographer costumes designed by Kiviette and scenic designs by John Wenger 6 2 It closed after 71 performances on June 30 1928 2 Time called the Broadway production one for fun loving rovers 7 Cast editThe production marked the American debut of French soprano and actress Colette D Arville as Claudette Pernier 8 5 Other leading performers in the show included William Frawley as Toplis Ben Bernie as Dan Danny Eric Blore as Sir Basil Carraway Irene Delroy as Joyce Baxter Peggy Chamberlain as Cora Bibby Allen Kearns as Billy Howe Helen Carrington as Toni Treadwell Ross Himes as Mr Petrie and Dillon Ober as Wilbur 6 Musical numbers editAct l edit Dismissal Whistle Cora and Employees Beauty in the Movies Edwin Mary and Girls Life as a Twosome Joyce Billy and Ensemble Crazy Rhythm Dan Cora Mary and Ensemble Imagination Joyce and Billy Specialty a Dan Danny and Orchestra Dance b Cora and Petrie Dance c Joyce Finale 2 Act ll edit Opening Ensemble I d Rather Dance Here Than Hereafter Cora Petrie and Ensemble Here s Howe Billy and Girls A New Love Joyce and Girls Finaletto Specialty Pelham Boston Post Road Billy and Helpers Finale company 2 References edit a b J Brooks Atkinson THE PLAY Saluting the Summer a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c d e Here s Howe Broadway Broadhurst Theatre 1928 Playbill Retrieved 23 January 2023 Roger Wolfe Kahn amp His Orchestra a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Gerald Bordman 2001 American Musical Theater A Chronicle Oxford University Press p 489 ISBN 9780195130744 a b Musical Comedy Here s Howe for Boston Billboard Vol 40 no 15 April 14 1928 p 8 a b Abel May 9 1928 Legitimate Plays on Broadway HERE S HOWE Vol 91 p 69 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Theatre Best Plays in Manhattan May 28 1928 Time 1928 05 28 ISSN 0040 781X Retrieved 2023 01 24 Keller and Shannon Join Hands To Produce Billboard Vol 40 no 7 February 18 1928 p 13 nbsp This musical theatre related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Here 27s Howe amp oldid 1183686987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
