- Description
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Funny Face / Fred Astaire [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Funny Face [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Astaire, Fred
- Astaire, Adele
- Published/Created
- 1927-11-22
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Alvin Theater
- Abstract
- A musical comedy in two acts, 7 Scenes. Book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Staged by Edgar MacGregor. Dances and ensembles by Bobby Connolly. Opened 22 November 1927 at the Alvin Theatre and closed 23 June 1928 after 250 performances.
Starring Adele Astaire as Frankie and Fred Astaire as Jimmy Reeve, her guardian.
Astaire in "Funny Face" "High Hat" "S'Wonderful" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "He Loves and She Loves" and "What Am I Going to Do?" ("Funny Face"). The romantic ballads "He Loves and She Loves" and "S'Wonderful" were performed by Adele with the show's male lead. (Norton 1927.59) - Source
- Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015