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Leave It To Me!

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  8w, 8m

Book by Bella and Sam Spewack / Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

This satirical musical comedy follows the antics of a reluctant American ambassador to Stalinist Russia just before the beginning of World War II.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
Leave It To Me!

Details

Summary
Leave It To Me! follows the antics of a reluctant American ambassador to Stalinist Russia just before the beginning of World War II. The show features such memorable Cole Porter numbers as “Get Out Of Town” and “My Heart Belongs To Daddy.”
History
Leave  It To Me! opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on November 9, 1938, starring William Gaxton, Victor Moore, Sophie Tucker and - in her Broadway debut - Mary Martin. The production ran for 291 performances.
  • Time Period 1910s/WWI
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Music

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Dance Requirements Moderate
  • Vocal DemandsDifficult
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size Large

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Authors

Bella Spewack

Bella Spewack

Bella Spewack (1899-1990) and Samuel Spewack (1899-1971) met while working as journalists and married in 1922. Bella’s youth was chronicled in Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (1995, Feminist Press). Their first play, Solitaire Man, premiered in 1926. Clear All Wires ...

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Samuel Spewack

Samuel Spewack

Samuel Spewack (1899-1971) and Bella Spewack (1899-1990) met while working as journalists and married in 1922. Bella’s youth was chronicled in Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (1995, Feminist Press). Their first play, Solitaire Man, premiered in 1926. Clear All Wires ...

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Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana in 1891 and died in Hollywood 73 years later. In between, he wrote some of the most memorable songs ever heard on stage or screen, among them “Night and Day,” “Begin the Beguine,” “You’re The Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Love For Sal ...

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