High Button Shoes
High Button Shoes
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Book by Stephen Longstreet
ISBN: DIGGP00000428
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Overview
Based on Stephen Longstreet’s 1946 novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome, High Button Shoes is a wacky tribute to Mack Sennett’s brand of screwball comedy. The score, which hilariously incorporates themes by Franz Liszt and Jacques Offenbach, features a string of delightful Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn numbers, including “Papa, Won’t You Dance With Me?,” “I Still Get Jealous” and “On A Sunday By The Sea” (a.k.a. “The Bathing Beauty Ballet”).
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- Genre: Farce, Romantic Comedy
- Time Period: 1910s/WWI
- Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
- Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences
Authors
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (1905-1994) made Broadway sing for 50 years with shows including High Button Shoes; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hazel Flagg; Gypsy; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Do Re Mi; Subways Are For Sleeping; Funny Girl; Fade Out-Fade In; Hallelujah, Baby!; The Red Shoes; and D ...
Sammy Cahn
Stephen Longstreet
STEPHEN LONGSTREET was an artist, screenwriter and author of more than 100 works of fiction and non-fiction. An artist by training, Longstreet started writing during the Great Depression in order to make a living, creating radio scripts, film reviews and detective novels. Dur ...