SWEET AND LOW
A Musical Revue in 2 Acts, 25 Scenes. Sketches by David Freedman. Songs by Mr. (Billy) Rose and his friends. (Music by Harry Archer, Charlotte Kent, Will Irwin, Harry Warren, Ned Lehak, Vivian Ellis, Mischa Spoliansky, Dana Suesse, Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Louis Alter, Phil Charig, Joseph Meyer. Lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Charlotte Kent, Mod Dixon, Ira Gershwin, Malcolm McComb, Allen Boretz, Ballard Macdonald.)
- Staged by Alexander Leftwich.
- Dances by Danny Dare, Busby Berkeley.
- Settings by Jo Mielziner.
- Costumes by James Reynolds.
- Orchestra directed by Charles Drury.
- Produced by Billy Rose.
46th Street Theatre, Broadway - 17 November, 1930; transferred to 44th Street Theatre - 19 Januar - April 25,1931 (184 perfs)
The Programme
ACT 1
Scene 1
- "Outside Looking In" (Music by Harry Archer. Lyrics by Edward Eliscu.) - Ladies
Scene 2
- Poor Mr. Jessel - (Music and Lyrics by Charlotte Kent.) - Mr. Jessel: George Jessel. Pipkins: R. Davis. Author: A. Treacher.
- "Mr. Jessel" - George Jessel, Ladies
Scene 3
- "Dancing With Tears in Their Eyes" (Music by Will Irwin. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon.) - James Barton, Fanny Brice, George Jessel
Scene 4
- "Cheerful Little Earful" (Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Billy Rose.) - Hannah Williams, Jerry Norris
Scene 5
- The Mad Dog - James Barton alone
Scene 6
- "Ten Minutes in Bed" (Music by Ned Lehak. Lyrics by Allen Boretz.) - P. Trueman
Scene 7
- "When a Pansy Was a Flower" (Music by Will Irwin. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Malcolm McComb.) - George Jessel
Scene 8
- Venetian Reprise - Moss and Fontana
Scene 9
- In a Venetian Box (Music by Vivian Ellis, courtesy of C. B. Cochran.) - Ladies
Scene 10
- Swan Song—and Dance - Fanny Brice
Scene 11
- Stereopticon Slides - George Jessel
Scene 12
- "Would You Like to Take a Walk" (Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose.) - Hannah Williams, H. Thompson, Ladies
Scene 13
- Shirley Richards and Sam Krevoff
Scene 14
- Stocks and Blondes: "Revival Day" (Music by Will Irwin. Lyrics by Malcolm McComb.) - Hannah Williams
Scene 15
- Mr. Barton Still Alone
Scene 16
- Strictly Unbearable ( Isabel Paisley, a Southern Girl: Fanny Brice. Count Gus de Raviola, of Italy: G. Jesse]) NB: A burlesque of Preston Sturges' play "Strictly Dishonorable."
ACT 2
Scene 1
- Customary Spanish Number: (Music by Mischa Spoliansky. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon.)
"For I'm in Love Again" - Jerry Norris, Ladies - Dance - Moss and Fontana
- "I Knew Him Before He Was Spanish" (Music by Dana Suesse. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard Macdonald.) -
Fanny Brice
Scene 2
- "East St. Louis Toodle-O" (Music by Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley.) - R. P. Dodge, A. Mahoney, J. Nile
Scene 3
- "Overnight" (Music by Louis Alter. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Charlotte Kent.) - Fanny Brice
Scene 4
- Overnight (sketch) - Lady: Fanny Brice. Gentleman: George Jessel.
Scene 5
- "You Sweet So and So" (Music by Phil Charig and Joseph Meyer. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin.) - Hannah Williams, Jerry Norris, Ladies
- Scene: A Solarium.
Scene 6
- George Jesse]
Scene 7
- Chinese White - Lize: Fanny Brice. Chang: James Barton.
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