Something for the Boys

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Alvin Theatre , (1/07/1943 - 1/08/1944)

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Opening Date:	Jan 07, 1943
Closing Date:	Jan 08, 1944	Total Performances:	422

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Description: A musical in two acts

Setting: The Piccadilly Club, Kansas City; 6th Avenue at 50th Street, NYC; Defense Plant, Newark; Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas; Old Hart Estate; New Harr Estate; Col. Grubbs home; The Texas Hotel, San Antonio.

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Alvin Theatre Corporation (Alexander H. Pincus and Norman Pincus, Directors)
Produced by Michael Todd
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Choral arrangements by William Parson; Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Ted Royal
Staged by Hassard Short; Choreographed by Jack Cole; Book directed by Herbert Fields; Additional numbers staged by Lew Kessler; Additional Numbers Staged by Lew Kessler
Scenic Design by Howard Bay; Costume Design by Billy Livingston; Assistant to Mr. Bay: Albert A. Ostrander; Assistant to Mr. Livingston: Grace Houston; Lighting Design by Hassard Short
Company Manager: Louis Epstein
General Stage Manager: Sammy Lambert; Stage Manager: Murray Queen; Assistant Stage Mgr: William Torpey
Conducted by William Parson
Assistant to Mr. Cole: Lauretta Jefferson; General Press Representative: Bill Doll; Press Representative: Lewis Harmon and Frank Goodman; Assistant to Mr. Todd: Harry Bloomfield; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner

Cast

Ethel Merman

Blossom Hart

Jimmy Allison	Singer
Anita Alvarez	Micheala
Alice Anthony	Dancer
The Barnes Twins	Lois & Lucille
Joseph Bell	Singer
May Block	Dancer
Betty Bruce	Betty-Jean
William Callahan	Corp. Burns
Stanley Catron	Dancer
Madeleine Clive	Mrs. Grubbs
Jean Coyne	Dancer
Bob Davis	Dancer
Betty Deane	Dancer
Patricia Deering	Dancer
Benny DeSio	Dancer
Alan Fleming	Singer
Jerry Florio	Dancer
Albert Gaeta	Dancer
Betty Garrett	Mary-Frances
Aaron Gobetz	Dancer
Ruth Godfrey	Dancer
Dolores Goodman	Dancer
Ray Harrison	Dancer
Jack Hartley	Lt. Col. S.D. Grubbs
Richard Harvey	Singer
Betty Heather	Dancer
Buddy Irving	Singer
Margie Jackson	Dancer
Allen Jenkins	Harry Hart
Bill Johnson	Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
Jeanne Jones	Dancer
Art Lambert	Singer
Stuart Langley	Sgt. Laddie Green
Paula Laurence	Chiquita Hart
Bruce Lord	Singer
William Lynn	Mr. Tobias Twitch
David Mann	Dancer
Paul Mario	Singer
Remi Martell	Sgt. Carter
	Dancer
Paul Martin	Dancer
John Mayo	Singer
Frances Mercer	Melanie Walker
Joseph Monte	Singer
Duncan Noble	Dancer
Jean Owens	Dancer
Jed Prouty	Roger Calhoun
Ricky Riccardi	Dancer
Walter Rinner	Burke
	Singer
Leslie Shannon	Dancer
Ethel Sherman	Dancer
Puddy Smith	Dancer
Nina Starkey	Dancer
William Vaux	Dancer
Joe Viggiano	Dancer
Murvyn Vye	Singer
William Weber	Dancer
Patricia Welles	Dancer
Helen Wenzel	Dancer
June Wieting	Dancer
Lou Wills, Jr.	Dancer
Parker Wilson	Dancer

Understudy: Betty Garrett (Blossom Hart)

music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter

ACT 1	Sung By
See That You're Born in Texas	Ensemble
When My Baby Goes to Town	Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
Something for the Boys	Blossom Hart and Boys
When We're Home on the Range	Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart and Harry Hart
Could It Be You?	Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Boys
Hey, Good Lookin'	Blossom Hart and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
Hey, Good Lookin' (Reprise)	Betty-Jean, Corp. Burns, Girls and Boys
He's a Right Guy	Blossom Hart
The Leader of a Big Time Band	Blossom Hart
ACT 2	Sung By
I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy	Mary-Frances, Girls and Boys
There's a Happy Land in the Sky	Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart, Harry Hart, Mr. Tobias Twitch and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
He's a Right Guy (Reprise)	Blossom Hart
Could It Be You? (Reprise)	Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Ensemble
By the Mississinewa	Blossom Hart and Chiquita Hart