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Something for the Boys

Opened 1943

422 performances

Musical, Golden Age

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Something for the Boys is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Produced by Mike Todd, the show opened on Broadway in 1943 and starred Ethel Merman in her fifth Cole Porter musical.

Music
Cole Porter
Lyrics
Cole Porter
Book
Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields

Productions1 on Broadway

1943
Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, opened January 7, 1943, directed by Hassard Short
422 performances

Recordings 1 recording

Something for the Boys is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Produced by Mike Todd, the show opened on Broadway in 1943 and starred Ethel Merman in her fifth Cole Porter musical.

With Ethel Merman, Paula Laurence introduced “By the Mississinewah” in Cole Porter’s Something for the Boys (1943);

The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 894

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