Gwen Verdon "BONANZA BOUND" Betty Comden and Adolph Green 1947 FLOP Sheet Music

Description: This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "TELL ME WHY" from the Out-of-Town Tryouts of the SAUL CHAPLIN, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical comedy "BONANZA BOUND" at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (The production opened December 26th, 1947 at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia and closed there on January 3rd, 1948, cancelling the scheduled Broadway opening.) ..... The ensemble cast included four-time Tony Award winner GWEN VERDON as "Gambling Dancer", one year before she would make her Broadway debut as an Assistant Choreographer for the musical "Magdalena". Others in the cast included ADOLPH GREEN, SIDNEY MELTON, TINA PRESCOTT, TED THURSTON, GEORGE COULOURIS, BEN MILLER, ROBERT PENN, HAL HACKETT, JOHN MOONEY, JOHNNY SILVER, VICI RAAF, BETTY LOU BARTO, CAROL RAYE, ALLYN McLERIE, ZAMAH CUNNINGHAM, SYDNEY ARNOLD, SVEN HOLST, KEN FOLEY, REMI MARTEL, ROBERT EVANS, JOHN WARD, HUGH ELLSWORTH, MYRA LYNN, PAT HORNE, MARY STATZ, RICHARD REED, WAYNE LAMB and PAUL GODKIN ..... CREDITS: Music by SAUL CHAPLIN; Book and Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Two On the Aisle", "Wonderful Town", "Bells Are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Fade Out - Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Lorelei", "Applause", "On the Twentieth Century", "A Doll's Life", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Costumes designed by IRENE SHARAFF; Choreographed by JACK COLE; Directed by CHARLES FRIEDMAN; Produced by HERMAN LEVIN, PAUL FEIGAY and OLIVER SMITH ..... DETAILS: The oversized six page piece of sheet music measures approx. 9" X 12" inches and is copyrighted 1947 by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Saul Chaplin through Crawford Music Corporation, New York City ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare piece of sheet music is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

Price: 129.99 USD

Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon

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