Sunny is a musical 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. This show was the follow-up to the 1920 hit musical Sally, both starring Marilyn Miller in the title roles, and it was Kern's first musical together with Hammerstein. Sunny also became a hit, with its original Broadway production in 1925 running for 517 performances. The London production starred Binnie Hale.
The Sunny audience. Empire Theatre, Sydney, Australia, March 1927. Photo by Sam Hood.
The musical premiered on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22, 1925. The musical was produced by Charles Dillingham and directed by Hassard Short, with scenic and costume design by James Reynolds. The cast included Marilyn Miller as Sunny, Jack Donahue as Jim Deering, Clifton Webb as Harold Harcourt Wendell-Wendell, Mary Hay as "Weenie" Winters, Louis Harrison as the First Mate, Joseph Cawthorn, Paul Frawley as Tom Warren, Cliff Edwards, Pert KeMoss & Fontana, Esther Howard as Sue Warren, Dorothy Francis, and the George Olsen Orchestra.[1] Dances for Marilyn Miller were staged by Fred Astaire.[1] The musical closed on December 11, 1926 after 517 performances.[1][2]
The musical was produced in London at the London Hippodrome starting in October 1926.[3] The musical starred Binnie Hale as Sunny and Jack Buchanan as Jim Deming. Buchanan was also the choreographer, with direction by Charles Mast.[4][5]
Note: The song list below is from the most common version of the show currently performed and excludes all specialties, cut numbers, and those added for other major productions.
Act I
"Opening Act I", "Ballyhoo", and "Here We Are Together Again" - Ballyhoo and Ensemble
"Let's Say Good Night Till It's Morning" - Jim and Weenie
"Pas de Equestrienne" - Sunny
"D'Ye Love Me?" - Sunny
"The Wedding Knell" - Sunny and Boys
"Two Little Bluebirds" - Harold and Weenie
"Finale Act One" - Company
Act II
"Opening Act Two" - Ensemble
"When We Get Our Divorce" - Jim and Sunny
"Sunshine" - Marcia
"Who? (reprise)" - Tom and Sunny
"Who? Dance" - Sunny, Jim, Harold, Weenie and Ensemble
"Remember Me" - Tom and Sunny
"The Chase" - Orchestra
"The Hunt Dance" - Sunny
"Finale Ultimo" - Sunny and Company
Filmsedit
The musical was adapted for a 1930 film version directed by William A. Seiter and featuring additional music by Kern.
In 1941, a second film version was produced, directed by Herbert Wilcox. The first film starred Marilyn Miller, the second one (with a highly revised plot) starred Anna Neagle, with Ray Bolger in his first film role after playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Recreation of scenes in filmedit
In Sally of the Scandals (1928), the main character is in a musical production that was filmed using the chorus and sets from a production of Sunny at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.[8]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sunny musical news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sunny is a musical 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 This show was the follow up to the 1920 hit musical Sally both starring Marilyn Miller in the title roles and it was Kern s first musical together with Hammerstein Sunny also became a hit with its original Broadway production in 1925 running for 517 performances The London production starred Binnie Hale SunnyMusicJerome KernLyricsOscar Hammerstein IIOtto HarbachBookOscar Hammerstein IIOtto HarbachProductions1925 Broadway Contents 1 Productions 2 Musical numbers 3 Films 4 Recreation of scenes in film 5 References 6 External linksProductions edit nbsp The Sunny audience Empire Theatre Sydney Australia March 1927 Photo by Sam Hood The musical premiered on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22 1925 The musical was produced by Charles Dillingham and directed by Hassard Short with scenic and costume design by James Reynolds The cast included Marilyn Miller as Sunny Jack Donahue as Jim Deering Clifton Webb as Harold Harcourt Wendell Wendell Mary Hay as Weenie Winters Louis Harrison as the First Mate Joseph Cawthorn Paul Frawley as Tom Warren Cliff Edwards Pert KeMoss amp Fontana Esther Howard as Sue Warren Dorothy Francis and the George Olsen Orchestra 1 Dances for Marilyn Miller were staged by Fred Astaire 1 The musical closed on December 11 1926 after 517 performances 1 2 The musical was produced in London at the London Hippodrome starting in October 1926 3 The musical starred Binnie Hale as Sunny and Jack Buchanan as Jim Deming Buchanan was also the choreographer with direction by Charles Mast 4 5 The musical comedy opened at the Empire Theatre Sydney Australia in March 1927 6 It was produced by Ernest C Rolls and starred the British performers Fred Bluett Wyn Richmond and Queenie Ashton and American Beatrice Kay 7 Musical numbers edit nbsp L R Paul Hartman Anna Neagle and Ray Bolger in the 1941 film adaptation nbsp Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller in Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 in a show within a show performance from the musical Sunny nbsp Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller singing Who from Sunny in Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 Note The song list below is from the most common version of the show currently performed and excludes all specialties cut numbers and those added for other major productions Act I Opening Act I Ballyhoo and Here We Are Together Again Ballyhoo and Ensemble Sunny Tom and Boys Entrance of Sunny Ensemble Who Tom and Sunny So s Your Old Man Harold and the Eight Girls Let s Say Good Night Till It s Morning Jim and Weenie Pas de Equestrienne Sunny D Ye Love Me Sunny The Wedding Knell Sunny and Boys Two Little Bluebirds Harold and Weenie Finale Act One Company Act II Opening Act Two Ensemble When We Get Our Divorce Jim and Sunny Sunshine Marcia Who reprise Tom and Sunny Who Dance Sunny Jim Harold Weenie and Ensemble Remember Me Tom and Sunny The Chase Orchestra The Hunt Dance Sunny Finale Ultimo Sunny and CompanyFilms editThe musical was adapted for a 1930 film version directed by William A Seiter and featuring additional music by Kern In 1941 a second film version was produced directed by Herbert Wilcox The first film starred Marilyn Miller the second one with a highly revised plot starred Anna Neagle with Ray Bolger in his first film role after playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz 1939 Recreation of scenes in film editIn Sally of the Scandals 1928 the main character is in a musical production that was filmed using the chorus and sets from a production of Sunny at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles 8 In the film Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 a fictionalized biography of composer Jerome Kern two songs from the show are performed by Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller representing a performance from Sunny They are Sunny and Who References edit a b c Sunny Broadway Playbill vault retrieved May 8 2019 Hischak Thomas S 2007 Sunny The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia ABC CLIO pp 276 7 ISBN 978 0313341403 Sunny guidetomusicaltheatre com retrieved May 8 2019 London Musicals 1925 1929 Sunny p 19 overthefootlights co uk retrieved May 8 2019 Hischak Thomas S 2013 Sunny The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia Scarecrow Press p 203 ISBN 978 0810891685 Sydney Morning Herald 2 April 1927 Retrieved 2 April 2021 Empire opening Bright musical play Evening News Sydney 1 March 1927 p 11 Studio Briefs Motion Picture News 442 February 11 1928 External links edit Sunny at the Internet Broadway Database nbsp This musical theatre related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it 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