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Shows · Good Boy · Hammerstein's Theatre, 1928

Good Boy, 1928

Opened September 5, 1928

Closed April 13, 1929

253 performances

Hammerstein's Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1920s, this had the 150th longest run.

Who was in it76 named

Bob Abbott
Alice Akers
Joseph Ames
Mary Bay
Evelyn Bennett
Lester Bernard
Louise Blakeley
Lillian Burke
Margaret Callan
Georgette Caryl
Virginia Case
Austin Clark
Sylvia Collinson
Aida Conkey
Henry Corsell
Billie Cortez
Arthur Craig
Betty Croke
Ruth Cunliffe
Phil Daly
Milton Douglas
Peggy Driscoll
Madelyn Eubanks
Rosemary Farmer
Jeanne Fayal
Loretta Flushing
Edwin Gaillard
Beryl Golden
Bobby Gorman
Muriel Greel
Muriel Griswold
Buddie Haines
Sam Hearn
Jack Irwin
Dorothy Jocelyn
Olive Kenyon
Grace la Rue
Mildred Lorrain
Ned Lynn
Tom Martin
Ruth Mason
Helene Mcglynn
Lucille Mercier
Gordon Merrit
William Metz
Ariel Millars
Borrah Minevitch
Dick Neely
Dolores Nito
Jack O Hare
Mabel Olsen
Elsie Percival
Boo Phelps
Gus Quinlan
Alice Raisen
Howard Raymond
Stan Rock
Bunny Schum
Effie Shannon
Neil Stone
Morris Tepper
Jean Unger
Dorothy Ward
Flo White
Will Withe
Kay Wolf
Betty Wright
Roy Sedley

Creative team

Choreographer
Busby Berkeley

Around this production

The show featured Helen Kane, whose baby-voice singing style inspired the cartoon character Betty Boop. Her performance of 'I Wanna Be Loved by You' (boop-boop-a-doop) became a massive hit. Busby Berkeley choreographed before becoming Hollywood's most famous dance director.

GOOD BOY September 5, 1928 Hammerstein’s Theatre 253 performances Music mostly by Harry Ruby and Herbert Stothart Lyrics mostly by Bert Kalmar Book by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, and Henry Myers Directed by Reginald Hammerstein Produced by Arthur Hammerstein With Eddie Buzzell and Helen Kane Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 261

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