Hooray for What!

Infobox Musical
name= Hooray for What!
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music= Harold Arlen
lyrics= E. Y. Harburg
book= Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
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productions= 1937 Broadway
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"Hooray for What!" is an anti-war [Richard Connema, [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s553.html "Hooray for What!" is a Hilarious Send-up of America] , Talkin' Broadway Regional News & reviews: San Francisco, undated but presumably November 2004 when 42nd Street Moon Productions performed the piece at San Francisco's Eureka Theatre. Accessed online 6 April 2008.] musical with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758633-1,00.html "New Plays in Manhattan"] – "Time Magazine (Monday, Dec. 13, 1937)" (Retrieved on February 18, 2008)] It introduced the song "Down With Love".

Productions

The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 1 1937, and ran for 200 performances. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12323 "Hooray For What! – Opening Night Production Credits"] – "Internet Broadway Database" (Retrieved on February 18, 2008)] Directors were Vincente Minnelli and Howard Lindsay, and choreographers were Robert Alton and Agnes de Mille (her first Broadway choreography). It featured in the cast Ed Wynn, Jack Whiting, Paul Haakon, June Clyde, Vivian Vance, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane and Meg Mundy.

Musical Numbers

*God's Country
*I've Gone Romantic on You
*Moanin' in the Mornin'
*Down With Love
*In the Shade of the New Apple Tree

References