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WHOOPEE!
Lyrics by Gus Kahn, Music by Walter Donaldson
Book by William Anthony McGuire
Opened on Broadway December 4, 1928 at New Amsterdam Theatre
Ran for 379 performances
Synopsis
Based on “The Nervous Wreck” by Owen Davis.
Produced by Ashton Springer, Frank C. Pierson and Michael P. Price.
Original Cast included Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Frances Upton, Tamara Geva, Albert Hackett and Buddy Ebsen.
1930 movie version starred Betty Grable, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Claire Dodd and Paul Gregory.
Songs
I'M BRINGING A RED, RED ROSE
MAKIN' WHOOPEE
UNTIL YOU GET SOMEBODY ELSE
LOVE ME, OR LEAVE ME
OUT OF THE DAWN
THAT CERTAIN PARTY
SONG OF THE SETTING SUN, THE
YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY
CARESS ME BABY