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History. Synopsis. Dance elements. Songs. Productions. Principal casts. Response. References. External links. High Button Shoes is a 1947 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by George Abbott and Stephen Longstreet. It was based on the semi-autobiographical 1946 novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome by Stephen Longstreet.
Opened at New Century TheatreOpened: October 9, 1947Closed: July 2, 1949. When fast-talking conman Harrison Floy sets his sights on the quiet Longstreet family of suburban New Jersey, he sets in motion a series of comic misadventures, including dubious auto sales, bogus land schemes, and illegal football wagering.
High Button Shoes was Jule Styne’s first Broadway hit and won Jerome Robbins his first Tony Award for choreography years before West Side Story and Gypsy (another Styne-Robbins collaboration). Follow the hysterical misadventures of two charismatic conmen as they proceed to bamboozle the Longstreet family—inciting a chase from New ...
May 1, 2005 · This week's column discusses the CD twofer of the cast recordings of the Booth Tarkington-Milton Berle Seventeen and the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn-Phil Silvers laugh-fest High Button Shoes , as well ...
Shubert Theatre. (Dec 22, 1947 - Oct 18, 1948) Broadway Theatre. (Oct 18, 1948 - Jul 02, 1949) Setting. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Atlantic City. Media. See all 22 photos. People. Songs. Awards. Production Staff. Opening Night Cast. Replacements. Produced by Monte Proser and Joseph Kipness.
Jule Styne (541) Performer Mark Dawson (8), Nanette Fabray (35), Lois Lee (3), Jack McCauley (6), Phil Silvers (29), Johnny Stewart Notes Genvieve Pitot is frequently miscredited as the dance arranger for the "Bathing Beauty Ballet (On a Sunday by the Sea)." The original Playbill read "Ballet music by Mr. Styne. Assistant to Mr. Styne, Jess ...
In 1947, Styne wrote his first score for a Broadway musical, High Button Shoes, with Cahn, and over the next several decades wrote the scores for many Broadway shows, most notably Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan (additional music), Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Do Re Mi, Funny Girl, Lorelei, Sugar (with a story based on the movie Some Like It ...
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