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Treasure Girl

Opened 1928

68 performances

Musical, Early

File:Gertrude Lawrence-Paul Frawley in Treasure Girl.jpg
KessLère studio, New York

Ann Wainwright, a spoiled heiress, joins a treasure hunt on a private estate, competing against other fortune seekers. She falls for Neil Dorian, who challenges her entitled worldview. Their romance develops amid the comic chaos of the hunt, but Ann must learn to value people over prizes.

Music
George Gershwin
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin
Book
Fred Thompson, Vincent Lawrence

Productions1 on Broadway

1928
Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, opened November 8, 1928, directed by Bertram Harrison
68 performances

Treasure Girl is a 1928 American musical with a book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence, music by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was one of the several Gershwin shows produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley. Seven songs from Treasure Girl were published by Harms Inc. in 1928: "I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today," "K-Ra-Zy For You," "Feeling I'm Falling," "Got a Rainbow" (also known as "I've Got a Rainbow"), "Oh, So Nice!," "What Are We Here For?", and "Where's the Boy? Here's the Girl!" The musical's best-known song, "(I've Got a) Crush on You," was first published in 1930 when it was reused in Strike Up the Band. It was not until Lee Wiley's 1939 recording that…

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