Oh, Kay! Totally Explained

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Oh, Kay! is a 1926 Broadway musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. The musical was named for Kay Swift, and the leading male character is named Jimmy after her husband, Jimmy Warburg. It opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 8, 1926, starring Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Moore, closing after 256 performances. The musical transferred to His Majesty's Theatre, in London, opening on September 21 1927. This production starred Gertrude Lawrence and John Kirby, and ran for 213 performances.
The plot revolves around the adventures of a bootlegger in Prohibition Era America. Oh, Kay! was made into a silent film, but never into a sound motion picture. It was revived at the Century Theatre in 1928. It was revived Off-Broadway in 1960, and a 1990 revival played at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. In 1997 a Discovering Lost Musicals concert version played at the Barbican Centre in London, using the original script (with Louise Gold in the title role). There have been other British productions including one at Chichester.
A new recording made in the 1990's, with Dawn Upshaw, restored songs cut from the original production and returned Someone to Watch Over Me to its intended original spot, early in Act I. This last change reportedly allows the song's opening verse to make more sense.

Original Broadway cast

Gertrude Lawrence as Kay
Victor Moore as "Shorty" McGee
Oscar Shaw as Jimmy Winter
Sascha Beaumont as Constance Appleton
Constance Carpenter as Mae
Betty Compton as Molly Morse
Harland Dixon as Larry Potter
Madeleine Fairbanks as Dolly Ruxton
Marion Fairbanks as Phil Ruxton
Frank Gardiner as Judge Appleton
Janette Gilmore as Peggy
Harry T. Shannon as Revenue Officer Jansen
Gerald Oliver Smith as The Duke
Paulette Winston as Daisy

Songs

Act I

The Woman's Touch - Molly Morse, Mae and Ensemble

Don't Ask - Larry Potter, Phyllis Ruxton and Dolly Ruxton

Dear Little Girl - Jimmy Winter and Girls

Maybe - Jimmy Winter and Kay

Clap Yo' Hands - Larry Potter, Molly Morse, Daisy, Mae, Peggy and Ensemble

Do, Do, Do - Jimmy Winter and Kay

Act II

Bride and Groom - Constance Appleton, Jimmy Winter, Judge Appleton and Guests

Someone To Watch Over Me - Kay

Fidgety Feet - Larry Potter, Phyllis Ruxton and Ensemble

Heaven on Earth - Jimmy Winter, Molly Morse, Mae and Ensemble

Oh, Kay! - Kay Jones and Boys Further Information

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