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Lady, Be Good!

The very first Broadway collaboration of the Gershwin brothers, Lady, Be Good! tells the story of an impoverished brother-and-sister dance team who will do anything to help one another.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1920s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Medium

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
The very first Broadway collaboration of the Gershwin brothers, Lady, Be Good! tells the story of an impoverished brother-and-sister dance team who will do anything to help one another. The tuneful score includes the hits "Oh, Lady Be Good!" and "Fascinating Rhythm."

Premiere Production: Lady, Be Good! opened on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre, December 1, 1924 and played for 330 performances starring Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele Astaire.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • DICK TREVOR
    SUZIE TREVOR
    JACK ROBINSON
    JOSEPHINE VANDERWATER
    DAISY PARKE
    BERTIE BASSETT
    WATTY WATKINS
    SHIRLEY VERNON
    JEFF WHITE
    MANUEL ESTRADA
    RUFUS PARKE
    THREE MOVING MEN
    A POLICEMAN
    A FLUNKEY
    A DELIVERY BOY
    A BUTLER
    A WAITER

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 Lib-Vocal Book, Vocal Book

    		 $24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    1 Piano Conductor Score
    1 Vocal Part ("Little Jazz Bird")
    30 Libretto/Chorus-Vocal Books

    		 $550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 Leader Violin
    1 Violin I
    1 Violin II
    1 Viola
    1 Cello
    1 Bass
    1 Flute & Piccolo
    1 Oboe
    1 Clarinet (in Bb and A)
    1 Alto Saxophone
    1 Bassoon
    2 Trumpet I & II (in Bb and A)
    1 Trombone
    1 Drums:
          Timpani (2 Pedal Drums)
          Bells
          Bass Drum (w/attached Cymbal)
          Snare Drum (Brushes & Sticks)
          Tom Tom
          Tambourine
          Castanets
          Wood Block
          Sand Paper BlocksClog Box
          Triangle
          Suspended (loose) Cymbal
      Piano

    Note: Stage Ukulele music is played ad libitum. No written-out part is available.

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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