Heywood Broun "SHOOT THE WORKS" Imogene Coca / Robert Stolz 1930 Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "DON'T ASK ME WHY" ("Das Lied Ist Aus") from the
Original Broadway production of the musical revue "SHOOT THE WORKS!"
at the George M. Cohan Theatre in New York City. (The production opened
July 21st, 1931
and ran for 87 performances.) ..... The show starred HEYWOOD BROUN and featured JOHNNY BOYLE, GEORGE MURPHY, PERCY HELTON, IMOGENE COCA, AL GOLD, FRANCES DEWEY, EDWARD J. MacNAMARA, JULIE JOHNSON, BOBBY GILLETTE, EDGAR NELSON, LEE BRODY, JERRY DOWNS, WILLIAM O'NEAL, FRANCES NEVINS, AL BLOOM, LELA and LILA MANOR, MARJORIE SOHMER and EVELYN MONTE with MICHAEL H. CLEARY and RAY O'BRIEN at the pianos
..... CREDITS:
Sketches by
HEYWOOD BROUN, NUNNALLY JOHNSON, PETER ARNO, E. B. WHITE, SIG HERZIG, MILTON LAZARUS, JACK HAZZARD and EDWARD J. MacNAMARA; Music and Lyrics by
IRVING BERLIN ("Music Box Revues", the Marx Brothers' "The Cocoanuts", "Louisiana Purchase", "This is the Army", "Miss Liberty", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Call Me Madam", "Mr. President"), MICHAEL H. CLEARY, MAX and NATHANIEL LIEF, PHILIP CHARIG, JAY GORNEY,
E. Y. "Yip" HARBURG ("Ziegfeld Follies of 1931", "Ballyhoo of 1932", "The Show Is On", "Hooray for What!", "Bloomer Girl", "Finian's Rainbow", "Flahooley", "Jamaica", "Darling of the Day" and the classic film score "The Wizard of Oz"), DOROTHY FIELDS, JIMMIE McHUGH, IRA GERSHWIN
("Girl Crazy", "Lady, Be Good!", "I'd Rather Be Right", "Oh, Kay!", "Rosalie", "Funny Face", "Porgy and Bess", "Lady In the Dark"),
VERNON DUKE ("Garrick Gaieties", "Ziegfeld Follies", "At Home Abroad", "Cabin in the Sky", "Jackpot", "The Littlest Revue", "Sadie Thompson", "Two's Company"), ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, HERBERT GOODE, ANN RONELL, JOSEPH MEYER, LEO ROBIN, ROBERT STOLZ, WALTER REISCH and EDWARD J. MacNAMARA;
Orchestral Arrangements by FRANK BARRY and KING ROSS; Orchestra conducted by HARRY ARCHER; Costumes designed by CHARLES LE MAIRE and KIVIETTE; Choreographed
by JOHNNY BOYLE; Dialogue Staged by TED HAMMERSTEIN; Produced by
HEYWOOD BROUN in association with MILTON RAISON
..... DETAILS: The over-sized ten page piece of sheet music measures approx. 9" X 12" inches and is copyrighted 1930 by Harms, Inc., New York City ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare piece of sheet music 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 sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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