- Babes in Arms
Infobox Musical
name=Babes in Arms
caption=Original Broadway Logo
music=Richard Rodgers
lyrics=Lorenz Hart
book=Richard Rodgers andLorenz Hart
basis=
productions= 1937 Broadway
1939 film
awards="Babes in Arms" is a 1937
musical theater production which tells the story of a boy who puts on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm. It has as music byRichard Rodgers , lyrics byLorenz Hart and book byRodgers and Hart .The 1937 Broadway production
The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, in
New York, New York onApril 14 ,1937 and ran for 289 performances. (It transferred to theMajestic Theatre on October 25, 1937).Cast:
* "Billie Smith" played byMitzi Green
* "Val Lamar" played byRay Heatherton
* "Peter" played byDuke McHale
* "Baby Rose" played byWynn Murray
* "Ivor DeQuincy" played by Harold Nicholas
* "Irving DeQuincy" played by Fayard Nicholas
* "Marshall Blackstone" played byAlfred Drake Several songs in "Babes in Arms" became
pop standards , amongst them the title song; "Where or When "; "My Funny Valentine "; "The Lady is a Tramp "; "Johnny One Note " and "I Wish I Were in Love Again ".The songs from the original Broadway play
* "Babes in Arms"
* "I Wish I Were in Love Again "
* "Light on Our Feet"
* "Way out West"
* "Imagine"
* "All At Once"
* "Johnny One Note "
* "The Lady Is a Tramp "
* "My Funny Valentine "
* "Where or When "
* "You Are So Fair"External links
* [http://www.thejudyroom.com/discography/soundtracks/babesbway.html The Judy Garland Online Discography "Babes In Arms" pages.]
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