The Little Show

Infobox Musical
name= The Little Show
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caption= Sheet music cover (cropped)
music= Arthur Schwartz
lyrics= Howard Dietz
productions= 1929 Broadway
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"The Little Show" is a musical revue with lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz. The scenic design was by Jo Mielziner. Produced by William A. Brady, Jr. and Dwight Deere Wiman, in association with Tom Weatherly, the Broadway production, opened on April 30, 1929 at the Music Box Theatre for a total of 321 performances. The cast included Fred Allen, Libby Holman, John McCauley, Romney Brent, and Clifton Webb.

The show grew out of an informal Sunday evening entertainment and was made into a full blown revue. Fred Allen, who had been a vaudeville juggler and ventriloquist stopped the show each night with his dead-pan monologues. Romney Brent became a sophisticated comedian. Clifton Webb gave a debonair and suave performance of “I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan," which was used again in "The Band Wagon." Libby Holman finally came into her own as a torch singer. George S. Kaufman contributed one of the sketches.

ongs

Act I
* Man About Town
* Six Little Sinners (music by Frank Gorney; lyrics by Earle Crooker)
* Get Up a New Routine
* Caught in the Rain (music by Henry Sullivan; lyrics by Howard Dietz)
* Or What Have You (music by Morris Hamilton; lyrics by Grace Henry)
* I’ve Made a Habit of You
* Can’t We Be Friends? (music by Kay Swift; lyrics by Paul James)
* Little Old New YorkAct II
* Song of the Riveter (music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Lew Levenson)
* What Every Little Girl Should Know (music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Henry Myers)
* The Theme Song
* Hut in Hoboken (music and lyrics by Herman Hupfield)
* Stick to your Dancing, Mabel (music and lyrics by Charlotte Kent
* I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
* Work Alike (music by Frank Gray; lyrics by Earle Crooker

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