Girl Crazy, 1930

Who was in it71 named

Jack Barrett
Gloria Beaumont
Gene Brady
Olive Brady
Bob Burton
Norma Butler
Lillian Carson
Kathryn Cathcart
Chief Rivers
Jack Classon
Jack Closson
Arthur Craig
Norman Curtis
Bob Derden
Kay Downer
Lavern Evans
Jack Fago
Jacqueline Feeley
Mickie Forbs
Donald Foster
Bob Gebhardt
Dorothy Gordon
Faye Greene
Harry Griffin
Marion Harcke
Thomasine Haye
Eunice Healy
Ray Johnson
Starr West Jones
Virginia Kay
Vivian Keefer
Muriel Lacount
Rena Landeau
Jane Lane
Leila Laney
Lillian Lorray
Gertrude Lowe
Carlton Macy
Mary Mascher
Betty Morton
Elsie Neal
Dick Nealy
Hazzard Newberry
Kendall Northrop
James Notono
Peggy O Connor
Margie O Shea
Lillian Ostrom
Julia Pirie
Del Porter
Vivian Porter
Marvyne Ray
Kathy Schauer
John Sciortino
Marshall Smith
Dwight Snyder
Drucilla Strain
Ruth Timmons
Clyde Veaux
Nondas Wayne
John Daley

Creative team

Director

Alexander Leftwich

Choreographer

George Hale

Producer

Alex A. Aarons & Vinton Freedley

Orchestrations

Robert Russell Bennett

Recordings

5 recordings of Girl Crazy exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Girl Crazy for all of them.

Around this production

Ethel Merman held a high C for sixteen bars during "I Got Rhythm" on opening night, and a star was born. She was a complete unknown before that moment.

Gershwin explained it, “Although this young woman was appearing for the first time on any stage, her assurance, timing, and delivery both as a comedienne and singer—with a no-nonsense voice that could reach not only standees but ticket takers in the lobby ... convinced the opening-night audience that it was witnessing the discovery of a new star.” Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 139