Too Many Girls (musical)

Too Many Girls

Cover of sheet music (cropped)
Music Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Lorenz Hart
Book George Marion Jr.
Productions 1939 Broadway

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.

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.[1] Directed by George Abbott, the Musical Staging was by Robert Alton, scenery by Jo Mielziner, and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois.[2]

The musical takes place in Skohegan, Maine and Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico.[2]

Film

Main article: Too Many Girls (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
Act II

Recording

A studio recording was released in 1989, produced by Ben Bagley and featurung Estelle Parsons and Anthony Perkins.[3]

References

  1. Too Many Girls Playbill, accessed May 15, 2016
  2. 1 2 Too Many Girls ibdb.com, accessed May 15, 2016
  3. Too Many Girls allmusic.com, accessed May 15, 2016
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