Best Foot Forward
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Best Foot Forward is a 1941 musical with songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and a book by John Cecil Holm. Produced by George Abbott, the production opened on Broadway on October 1, 1941, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre after an out-of-town tryout, where it ran for 326 performances.
- Opened
- 1941
- Performances
- 326
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1941 | Ethel Barrymore Theatre Original. October 1, 1941 · George Abbott | 326 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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26 passages naming Best Foot Forward, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Bowers, Kenny Best Foot Forward, 114 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353
Best Foot Forward (10/1/41; 326 performances), which Abbott directed, produced, and co-authored with John Cecil Holm, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p26
During the war it took on new life as “Buckle Down, Buck Private.” book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p68
BEST FOOT FORWARD was a happy success, with the score featuring the hit “football” song Buckle down, Winsocki [by Blane] and Martin’s exquisitely poignant Ev’ry Time. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p234
This adaptation of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS never reached Broadway, but the new songs included yet another touchingly wistful beauty, You Are for Loving, as well as a rather novel novelty entitled If I Had an Igloo. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p236
Ralph Blane would soon collaborate with Hugh Martin, and the songwriting team wrote the scores for the 1941 musical Best Foot Forward and the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St Louis. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p435
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