Shows · Oh, Kay!

Oh, Kay!

Opened 1926

256 performances

Musical, Early

Gertrude Lawrence, who was in the 1926 production. Not certain, but probably Vandamm Studios, who seemed to do the photographic work for R&H at this point

The action takes place at the home of Jimmy Winter (Oscar Shaw) in the imaginary town of Beachampton, Long Island. Jimmy is about to wed when he discovers that he has fallen in love with Kay Denham, who is posing as a cook in his house to be near the hooch that her brother, a titled English bootlegger, has stashed in Jimmy’s cellar.

Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse

Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1926

Imperial TheatreBroadway Original, opened November 8, 1926, directed by John Harwood

256 performances

1927

ProductionLondon

1928

Century TheatreBroadway Revival, opened January 2, 1928, directed by Harry Howell

16 performances

1990

Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway Revival, opened November 1, 1990, directed by Dan Siretta

77 performances

Songs8 songs

Dear Little Girl, Maybe, Clap Yo’ Hands, Do Do Do, Someone to Watch Over Me, Fidgety Feet, Heaven on Earth, Oh, Kay!

Recordings 2 recordings

1995

Oh, Kay! (1994 studio recording) Nonesuch 79361-2, released 1995

United States

1998

Oh, Kay! (1955 studio cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60703, released November 10, 1998

United States

Licensing 2 entries

US	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available
UK	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available

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