Leave It to Me!
Shows · Leave It to Me!
With a book distantly related to their own play, Clear All Wires, Bella and Samuel Spewack came up with a spoof of Communism and U.S. diplomacy that offered comedian Victor Moore one of his meatiest roles as mild-mannered Alonzo P. “Stinky” Goodhue. Goodhue is unwillingly named Ambassador to the Soviet Union because his ambitious wife (Sophie Tucker) has contributed generously to President Roosevelt’s re-election cam…
- Opened
- 1938
- Performances
- 291
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1938 | Imperial Theatre Original. November 9, 1938 · Samuel Spewack | 291 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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There have been musicals about the cold war (e.g. Leave It to Me!, Silk Stockings ), but Chess was the first to treat the conflict seriously, using an international chess match as a metaphor. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p273
Victor Moore endeared himself to audiences again by impersonating a United States Senator in Louisiana Purchase, after playing an Ambassador in Leave It to Me! book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p134
After having collaborated ten years earlier on Leave It to Me!, Cole Porter and the husband-wife team of Samuel and Bella Spewack were reunited for Kiss Me, Kate. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p165
There have been musicals about the cold war (e.g., Leave It to Me!, Silk Stockings), but Chess was the first to treat the conflict seriously, using an international chess match as a metaphor. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p303
The Imperial’s next musical offering was Cole Porter’s Leave It to Me! (11/9/38; 291 performances). The score contained the usual complement of hit songs, including “Get out of Town,” “Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love,” and “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p277
Schwab meanwhile canceled plans for his musical, but he introduced Martin to playwrights Bella and Samuel Spewack, Cole Porter, Sophie Tucker, Victor Moore, William Gaxton, and producer Vinton Freedley (see AARONS AND FREEDLEY). They were all involved in the production of a new musical entitled Leave It to Me! (11/9/38… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p358
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