Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Too Many Girls (musical)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Lyrics
  
Lorenz Hart

Productions
  
1939 Broadway

Playwright
  
George Marion Jr.

Adaptations
  
Too Many Girls (1940)

Book
  
George Marion Jr.

Lyricist
  
Lorenz Hart

Composer
  
Richard Rodgers

Too Many Girls (musical) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb0

Similar
  
Richard Rodgers plays, Musicals

Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy which was adapted for a 1940 film version starring Lucille Ball. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and the book was by George Marion, Jr.

Contents

Broadway

Too Many Girls opened on Broadway on October 18, 1939, at the Imperial Theatre, running to April 21, 1940, and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 22, 1940, closing on May 18, 1940. The cast featured Desi Arnaz, Diosa Costello, Marcy Westcott, Eddie Bracken, Richard Kollmar, Van Johnson, and Hal Le Roy. Directed by George Abbott, the Musical Staging was by Robert Alton, scenery by Jo Mielziner, and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois.

The musical takes place in Skohegan, Maine and Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico.

Film

Arnaz and Bracken repeated their roles in the 1940 RKO Radio Pictures film version. The film cast also featured Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, and Van Johnson

Songs

Act I
  • "Heroes in the Fall" - Second Robin Hood and Squad
  • "Tempt Me Not" - Manuelito, Clint Kelley, First Co-Ed, Second Co-Ed, Third Co-Ed, Fourth Co-Ed, Fifth Co-Ed and Sixth Co-Ed
  • "My Prince" - Consuelo Casey
  • "Pottawattamie" - Harvey Casey and Mr. Lister
  • "Pottawattamie" (Reprise) - Male Quartette and Ensemble
  • "'Cause We Got Cake" - Eileen Eilers
  • "Love Never Went to College" - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
  • "Spic and Spanish" - Pepe
  • "I Like to Recognize the Tune" - Jojo Jordan, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Clint Kelley and Al Terwillinger
  • "Look Out" - Eileen Eilers and Company
    • Act II
  • "The Sweethearts of the Team" - Eileen Eilers and Co-Eds
  • "She Could Shake the Maracas" - Pepe and Manuelito
  • "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
  • "Spic and Spanish" (Reprise) - Pepe, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Al Terwillinger, Clint Kelley, Jojo Jordan, Manuelito and Talullah Lou
  • "Too Many Girls" - Manuelito
  • "Give it Back to the Indians" - Eileen Eilers

    • Recording

    A studio recording was released in 1989, produced by Ben Bagley and featurung Estelle Parsons and Anthony Perkins.

    References

    Too Many Girls (musical) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA