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Flying Colors (musical)

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Productions
  
1932 Broadway

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Lyrics
  
Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz

Book
  
Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz George S. Kaufman Corey Ford Charles Sherman

Playwrights
  
Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, George S. Kaufman, Corey Ford

Lyricists
  
Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz

Composers
  
Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz

Similar
  
Arthur Schwartz plays, Musicals

Flying Colors is a musical revue with a book, lyrics, and music by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz and sketch contributions by George S. Kaufman, Corey Ford, and Charles Sherman.

Contents

The Broadway production opened on September 15, 1932 at the Imperial Theatre, closing on January 25, 1933, after 188 performances.

Directed by Dietz and choreographed by Albertina Rasch, the cast included Clifton Webb, Patsy Kelly, Imogene Coca, Larry Adler, Charles Butterworth, Tamara Geva, and Buddy and Vilma Ebsen.

Songs

Act 1
  • "Lost in a Crowd" (written in collaboration with Charles Sherman)
  • "Sister Act"
  • "Service"
  • "Fatal Fascination"
  • "All's Well"
  • "Two-Faced Woman"
  • "Alone Together" - Clifton Webb and Tamara Geva
  • "Louisiana Hayride" - Clifton Webb and Tamara Geva
    • Act 2
  • "On the American Plan" (written in collaboration with George S. Kaufman)
  • "A Rainy Day"
  • "My Heart Is Part of You"
  • "Butlers"
  • "Day after Day"
  • "A Shine on Your Shoes" - Vilma and Buddy Ebsen, Monnette Moore, Larry Adler
  • "It Was Never Like This"
  • "Mother Told Me So"
  • "A Christmas Card"
  • "Now That the Party Is Over"
  • "Just Around the Corner"
  • "Smokin' Reefers"

    • Special effects

    For the first act finale, "Louisiana Hayride", the designer Norman Bel Geddes used a movie film to give "focal depth to a fluid and enrapturing vista."

    References

    Flying Colors (musical) Wikipedia
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