Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Libretto: Morrie Ryskind (based upon the libretto by George S. Kaufman)
Director: Alexander Leftwich
Tryout: Shubert Theater, Boston, December 25, 1929.
Produced by Edgar Selwyn at the Times Square Theater, New York City, NY.
Opened in New York: January 14, 1930
Performances: 191


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ORIGINAL CAST:

•Colonel Holmes -- Bobby Clark •Gideon -- Paul McCullough •Mrs. Grace 
Draper -- Blanche Ring •Jim Townsend -- Jerry Goff •Anne Draper -- Doris 
Carson •Horace J. Fletcher -- Dudley Clements •Timothy Harper-- Gordon 
Smith •Joan Fletcher -- Margaret Schilling •Richard J. Sloane -- Robert 
Bentley

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Songs:

ACT ONE

Fletcher's American Chocolate Choral Society 
I Mean to Say 
A Typical Self-Made American 
Soon 
A Man of High Degree 
The Unofficial Spokesman 
Patriotic Rally: 
Three Cheers for the Union 
This Could Go On for Years 
If I Became the President 
Hangin' Around with You 
Finale Act One: 
Stop! What Is This Mischief You Are Doing! 
He Knows Milk 
Jim, Consider What You Are Doing 
Strike Up the Band 


ACT TWO

In the Rattle of the Battle 
Military Dancing Drill 
Mademoiselle in New Rochelle 
I've Got a Crush on You (Originally used in Treasure Girl, 1929.) 
How About a Boy Like Me? 
Soldiers' March (Unofficial March of General Holmes) 
Official Resume 
Ring a Ding a Dong Dell 
Finale (Strike Up the Band) 


CUT SONGS:

There Was never Such a Charming War
I Want to Be a War Bride
Thanks to You