Two for the Show (musical)
- Two for the Show (musical)
"Two for the Show" was a musical which played on Broadway from February 8 to May 25, 1940.
It was produced by Gertrude Macy and Stanley Gilkey. "The Age of Innocence" and "Cookery" were written by Richard Haydn; for the remaining songs, the lyrics were written by Nancy Hamilton, with music by Morgan Lewis and vocal arrangements by Harold Cooke. The music was orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Don Walker.
The original cast included William Archibald, Eve Arden, Virginia Bolen, Frances Comstock, Norton Dean, Alfred Drake, Brenda Forbes, Nadine Gae, Willard Gary, Richard Haydn, Eunice Healy, Betty Hutton, Kathryn Kimber, Dean Norton, Richard Smart, Robert Smith, Tommy Wonder, and Keenan Wynn.
The most notable song introduced in the show was "How High the Moon," which subsequently has been recorded by many pop and jazz artists, becoming a well-known standard.
References
[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=13230 "Two for the Show" on the Internet Broadway Database]
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