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Too Many Girls

Opened 1939

249 performances

Musical, Early

Desi Arnaz, who was in the 1939 production.
Desi Arnaz, who was in the 1939 production. Bookkeeperoftheoccult

Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy which was adapted for a 1940 film version starring Lucille Ball. The original Broadway production is noteworthy for advancing the career of musician Desi Arnaz.

"The Queen of All Musical Comedies": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics
Lorenz Hart
Book
George Marion Jr.

Productions1 on Broadway

1939
Imperial TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 18, 1939, directed by George Abbott
249 performances

Songs6 songs

Love Never Went to College, Spic and Spanish, I Like to Recognize the Tune, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, She Could Shake at Maracas, Give It Back to the Indians

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