Cole Porter "YOU NEVER KNOW" Clifton Webb 1938 Broadway Envelope / Ticket Stub

Description

This is a rare ticket envelope and loose ticket stub from the opening week of the Original Broadway production of the COLE PORTER, ROBERT KATSCHER and ROWLAND LEIGH musical "YOU NEVER KNOW" at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. (The production opened September 21st, 1938 and ran for only 78 performances.) ..... The musical starred CLIFTON WEBB, LUPE VELEZ and LIBBY HOLMAN and featured TOBY WING, REX O'MALLEY, JUNE PREISSER, EDDIE GALE, CHARLES KEMPER, ROGER STEARNS, WESLEY BENDER, DAN HARDEN, TRUMAN GAIGE, RAY DENNIS and THE DEBONAIRS ..... CREDITS: Music by COLE PORTER ("Anything Goes", "Red, Hot and Blue", "Leave It To Me!", "Du Barry Was a Lady", "Panama Hattie", "Something For the Boys", "Mexican Hayride", "Can-Can", "Kiss Me Kate", "Out Of This World", "Silk Stockings") and ROBERT KATSCHER; Lyrics by COLE PORTER; Book adapted by ROWLAND LEIGH from the Original Musical Play by ROBERT KATSCHER, SIEGFRIED GEYER and KARL FARKAS; Sets designed by ALBERT JOHNSON and WATSON BARRATT; Choreographed by ROBERT ALTON; Orchestrations by HANS SPIALEK; Directed by ROWLAND LEIGH; Produced by the Messrs. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT in association with JOHN SHUBERT ..... DETAILS: This rare McBrides' ticket envelope measures 4 1/4" X 2 1/2" inches and has advertising for New York's Leon and Eddie's on both the flap and backside. The September 27th, 1938 ticket stub measures approx. 1 1/2" X 1 1/8" inches ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing to the envelope and a small tear in the ticket stub, this rare set is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian
. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard
.