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Tip-Toes
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 2m
Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
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Cast Size
4w, 2m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Romantic Comedy -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
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Details
Summary
Set in Palm Beach, Florida, Tip-Toes centers on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes, her brother and her uncle, who try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband. Farcical complications ensue involving Tip-Toes’ temporary amnesia and a marital infidelity subplot. The tuneful Gershwin score includes “Looking For A Boy,” “Sweet and Low Down,” “That Certain Feeling” and the title song.
History
Tip-Toes opened on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on December 28, 1925, starring Queenie Smith as Tip-Toes, Allen Kearns as Steve Burton, Jeanette MacDonald as Sylvia Metcalf, Andrew Tombes as Al, and Harry Watson Jr. as Hen. The production played for 192 performances. The show was considered lost for decades, but when performance materials were found in a New Jersey warehouse in 1982, Tip-Toes was reconstructed and a studio recording was released in 2001.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1920s
- SettingPalm Beach, Florida. 1925.
- 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 No Chorus
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