Sweet Little Devil
Musical comedy in 3 Acts; Book by Frank Mandel and Lauirence Schwab; music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSykva
Astor Theatre, New York - 21 Januray, 1924; Transferred to Central Theatre 25 February, 1924; Closed 3 May. 1924 (120 perfs).
Synopsis
Tom Nesbitt has been corresponding with one of the beauties from the Follies. He is horrified when he learns that Joyce proves to be a callous money-grabber. However, it turns out that it is Joyce's flat mate, the little devil, Virginia Culpepper who has really been doing the corresponding.
Tom eventually settles for Virginia, and a life in Peru.
Musical Numbers
ACT1
- Overture
- Strike, Strike, Strike - Joyce, Rena, Boys, Girls
- Virginia, (Don't Go Too Far) - Virginia, Boys, Girls
- You're Mighty Lucky (You Little Ducky) - Sam, Joan
- Someone Who Believes in You - Virginia, Tom
- System - Virginia, Joyce, May
- The Jijibo - May, Fred, Boys, Girls
- Finale - All Concerned
ACT 2
- Quite a Party (Opening) - Boys and Girls
- Waltz - Joan, Richard
- Under a One-Man Top - May, Fred
- Flirtation Ballet (Virginia reprise) - Virginia, Boys, Girls
- The Matrimonial Handicap - Joyce, Tom, May, Fred, Boys, Girls
- Just Supposing - Virginia, Tom
- Hey! Hey! (Let 'Er Go!) - Fred, Boys, Girls
- Party Dance - Marian
- Finale - All Concerned
ACT 3
- Opening - Boys and Girls
- Special Dance - Richard, Marian
- The Same Old Story - Virginia, Boys, Girls
- Hooray for the U.S.A. - Sam, May, Rena
- Finale - Entire Company
Cast
- Rena
- Joyce West
- May Rourke
- Sam Wilson
- Virginia Arminta Culpepper
- Tom Nesbitt
- Fred Carrington
- Jim Henry
- Susette
- Joan Edwards
- Richard Brook
- Marian Townes
Young ladies who sing; Young Ladies who Dance, Young Men
Scenes and Settings
- Act 1 - Joyce West's apratment on the roof of a New York Apartment Building - August
- Act 2 - The same place from another angle - two weeks later
- Act 3 - Sierra Notre, Peru. Six weeks later