Production Staff
Le Roy Clemens
Bookwriter
Lyricist
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Leon Gordon
Bookwriter
Lyricist
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I. B. Kornblum
Composer
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Z. Meyers
Composer
Clifford Brooke
Director
(Staging)
(Staging)
Lew M. Fields
Producer
Bert French
Choreographer
George Gershwin
Composer
(Additional Music)
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16 he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George his first real fame and led to his writing a succession of 22 musical comedies, most with his older brother, Ira. The Gershwins' shows include Lady Be Good, Oh, Kay!, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Of Thee I Sing. From his early career George ... read more
(Additional Music)
Morris Rose
Producer
Eugene Salzer
Musical Director
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