George Gershwin
Show Girl (1929 musical)
Show Girl is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, and a book William Anthony McGuire. It ran at Broadway's Ziegfeld Theatre from Jul 2, 1929 to Oct 5, 1929. A
Cast#
- Doris Carson - Raquel
- Lew Clayton - Gypsy
- Sadie Duff - Mrs. Dugan
- Austin Fairman - John Milton
- Eddie Foy, Jr. - Denny Kerrigan
- Noel Francis - Peggy Ritz
- Kathryn Hereford - Bobby
- Ruby Keeler - Dixie Dugan
- Nick Lucas - Rudy
- Joseph Macauley - Alvarez Romano
- Frank McHugh - Jimmy Doyle
- Howard Morgan - Matt Brown
- Barbara Newberry - “Sunshine’ and “Virginia Witherby”
- Matthew Smith - Captain Robert Adams
Act One#
- “Happy Birthday”
- “My Sunday Fella”
- “How Could I Forget?”
- “Can Broadway Do Without Me?” (music and lyrics by Jimmy Durante)
- “Lolita (My Love)”
- “Do What You Do”
- “Spain”
- “One Man”
- “So Are You”
- “I Must Be Home by Twelve O’Clock”
- “Because They All Love You” (Lyrics by Thomas Malie, music by J. Little)
- “Who Will be With You When I Am Far Away?” (Music and lyrics By W. H. Farrell)
- “Black and White”
- “Jimmie, the Well-Dressed Man” (music and lyrics by Jimmy Durante)
- “Harlem Serenade”
Act Two#
- “An American in Paris”
- “Home Blues”
- “Broadway, My Street” (lyrics by Sidney Skolsky, music by Jimmy Durante)
- “(So) I Ups to Him” (music and lyrics by Jimmy Durante)
- “Follow the Minstrel Band”
- “Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)” Several further songs were used during tryouts, including “Tonight’s the Night,” which later was used in Crazy for You.
- Composer
- George Gershwin