''Treasure Girl'' is a

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with a book by

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and Vincent Lawrence, music by

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and lyrics by

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. The musical's best-known song is " (I've Got a) Crush on You", which has been recorded by a number of artists, including

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. After a tryout in Philadelphia beginning on October 15, 1928, the musical opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on November 8, 1928. It ran for 68 performances before closing on January 5, 1929. It starred Gertrude Lawrence and featured

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and Walter Catlett. Bertram Harrison directed, and Bobby Connelly choreographed. The critics praised the lyrics and some of the music but found the book "remorselessly dull".Pollack, Howard.
''George Gershwin: his life and work''
pp. 429–30, Berkeley: University of California Press (2006).

Musical numbers

Setting: The Beach; The Drive; The Garden; The Island; The Ballroom ;Act 1 *"Skull and Bones" – Ensemble *" (I've Got a) Crush on You" – Polly Tees, "Nat" McNally and Ensemble *" Oh, So Nice!" – Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester *"According to Mr. Grimes" – Mortimer Grimes and Ensemble *"Place in the Country" – Neil Forrester, Bunce and Girls *"K-ra-zy for You" – "Nat" McNally, Polly Tees and Girls *"I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today" – Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester *"I've Got a Rainbow" – Larry Hopkins, Jack Wrigley, Mary Grimes, Betty, Madge, Kitty and Girls *"Feeling I'm Falling" – Ann Wainwright and Neil Forrester ;Act 2 *"Treasure Island" – Ensemble *"What Causes That?" – Polly Tees, "Nat" McNally and Girls *"What Are We Here For?" – Ann Wainwright, "Nat" McNally and Girls *"I've Got a Rainbow (Reprise)" – Girls *"Where's the Boy? (Here's the Girl!)" – Ann Wainwright and Boys :''Note:'' The song "

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" was cut from the production.

Roles and original cast

*Charles Barron as Jack Wrigley * Walter Catlett as Larry Hopkins *Norman Curtis as Bunce *John Dunsmure as "Slug" Bullard *Stephen Francis as First Mate *Virginia Franck as Madge *Paul Frawley as Neil Forrester *Victor Garland as Arthur *Ferris Hartman as Mortimer Grimes * Mary Hay as Polly Tees * Dorothy Jordan as Betty * Gertrude Lawrence as Ann Wainwright *Gertrude McDonald as Mary Grimes *Peggy O'Neill as Kitty *Edwin Preble as Postman *

as "Nat" McNally

References

External links

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Recording of songs from ''Treasure Girl''
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