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Alternate Title: Smarty (working title) Produced by: Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley Staged by: Edgar MacGregor (book) and Bobby Connolly (dances) Book by: Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith
(Smarty book by Fred Thompson and Robert Benchley) Music by: George Gershwin
Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin Starring: | Fred Astaire | Jimmy Reeve | | Adele Astaire | Frankie | | Victor Moore | Herbert | | William Kent | Dugsie Gibbs | | Allen Kearns | Peter Thurston | | Betty Compton | Dora | | Gertrude McDonald | June | | Earl Hampton | Chester |
Orchestra Conductor: Alfred Newman Also featuring: The Ritz Quartette, and Victor Arden and Phil Ohman at the pianos Premiere: November 22, 1927, Alvin Theatre, New York Synopsis: Jimmy Reeve is Frankie's guardian, and Herbert a bumbling jewel thief who makes off with Frankie's jewels. Tryout: Under the titles Smarty and Funny Face, Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, October 11, 1927; as Funny Face, Polis' Theatre, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1927; Nixon's Apollo Theatre, Atlantic City, November 7, 1927; Playhouse, Wilmington, November 14, 1927. Total Performances (New York): 244 Songs: | | - Birthday Party
Introduced by Betty Compton, Gertrude McDonald, and ensemble
| | | - Funny Face
Introduced by Adele Astaire and Fred Astaire
| | | - High Hat
Introduced by Fred Astaire and male chorus
| | | - S'Wonderful
Introduced by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns
| | | - Let's Kiss And Make Up
Introduced by Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire and emsemble
| | | - Finale, Act I
Introduced by principles and emsemble
| | | - In The Swim
Introduced by female chorus
| | | - He Loves And She Loves
Introduced by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns
| | | - Tell The Doc
Introduced by William Kent and emsemble
| | | - My One And Only (published as "What Am I Gonna Do?")
Introduced by Fred Astaire, Gertrude McDonald, Betty Compton, and girls.
| | | - The Babbitt and the Bromide
Introduced by Adele Astaire and Fred Astaire
| | | - Blue Hullabaloo
Introduced by Betty Compton. Gertrude McDonald and emsemble
( N.B. dropped soon after New York opening)
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Numbers Dropped Before New York Opening: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Your Eyes! Your Smile! (alternate title "Those Eyes")
| | | - How Long Has This Been Going On? (reused in Rosalie)
| | | | | | | | | - Dance Alone With You (alternate title "Why Does Ev'rybody Have To But In?"; music reused in Rosalie)
| | | | | | | | | | | | - When The Right One Comes Along (music reused in Rosalie)
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Broadway/West End
