The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’!

Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’!

Opened 1948

188 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Nancy Walker, who was in the 1948 production.
Nancy Walker, who was in the 1948 production. Procter & Gamble, maker of the towels

A wealthy beer heiress named Lily Malloy bankrolls a ballet company on the condition that she gets to dance in the productions. Despite her complete lack of talent, her infectious enthusiasm and generous funding keep the troupe going as they tour the country, with the company's director trying desperately to keep Lily off the stage.

Music
Hugh Martin
Lyrics
Hugh Martin
Book
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

Productions1 on Broadway

1948
Adelphi TheatreBroadway Original, opened January 29, 1948, directed by George Abbott & Jerome Robbins
188 performances

Look, Ma, I'm Dancin’! is a musical comedy in two acts with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, and music and lyrics by Hugh Martin. It was produced on Broadway in 1948.

Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.