What's Up? (musical)
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| What's Up? | |
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 Playbill for the original Broadway production | |
| Music | Frederick Loewe |
| Lyrics | Alan Jay Lerner |
| Book | Alan Jay Lerner Arthur Pierson |
| Productions | 1943 Broadway |
What's Up? is a musical notable as the first Broadway stage collaboration by Lerner and Loewe, with book by Arthur Pierson and Alan Jay Lerner, lyrics by Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe.
After meeting, the team of Lerner and Loewe started writing musicals, resulting in The Life of the Party (1942) and their first Broadway production, What's Up?.[1][2]
The musical opened on Broadway at the National Theatre on November 11, 1943, and closed on January 4, 1944, after 63 performances. Directed and choreographed by George Balanchine, with the book directed by Robert H. Gordon, the cast included Jimmy Savo, Johnny Morgan, Gloria Warren, and Pat Marshall.[3][4][5]
According to theatre historian Ken Bloom "Despite the talents on hand, the show was not a hit."[6]
Musical numbers
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Cast
| Character | Actor |
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| Sgt. Henry Wagner | Jack Baker |
| Louise | Sondra Barrett |
| Second Lt. Murray Bacchus | Robert Bay |
| May | Marjorie Beecher |
| Sgt. Jimmy Stevenson | Kenneth Buffett |
| Sgt. Willie Klink | Larry Douglas |
| Margaret | Lynn Gardner |
| Jennifer | Phyllis Hill |
| Doctor | Frank Kreig |
| Martha | Sara Macon |
| Susan | Pat Marshall |
| Cpt. Robert Lindsay | Rodney McLennan |
| Harriet Spinner | Claire Meade |
| Sgt. Moroney | Johnny Morgan |
| Pamela | Honey Murray |
| Eleanor | Mitzi Perry |
| Jayne | Mary Roche |
| Rawa of Tanglinia | Jimmy Savo |
| Sgt. Dick Benham | William Tabbert |
| Virginia Miller | Gloria Warren |
| First Lt. Ed Anderson | Don Weissmuller |
| Judy | Helen Wenzel |