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Babes in Arms

Opened 1937

289 performances

Musical, Early

File:Babes in Arms poster 2.jpg
MGM

Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff.

"ET'S PUT ON A SHOW!": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics
Lorenz Hart
Book
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Productions1 on Broadway

1937
Shubert TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 14, 1937, directed by Robert Sinclair
289 performances

Songs9 songs

Where or When, Babes in Arms, I Wish I Were in Love Again, My Funny Valentine, Johnny One Note, Imagine, All at Once, The Lady Is a Tramp, You Are So Fair

Recordings 2 recordings

1951
Babes in Arms Columbia ML 4488, released 1951
United States
1999
Babes in Arms (1999 New York concert cast) DRG Theater 94769, released November 16, 1999
United States

Licensing 6 entries

US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available

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