Be Yourself! Donahue, Jack performer Theatrical Performance 1924-09-03 Sam H. Harris Theater A musical comedy in two acts. Book and lyrics by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Music by Lewis Gensler and Milton Schwarzwald. Additional lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Play staged by William Collier. Dances and musical numbers staged by Vaughan Godfrey and Jack Mason (two months later, dances credited to Sammy Lee). Opened September 3, 1924 at the Sam H. Harris Theatre and closed 22 November 1924 after 93 performances. Jack Donahue playing the role of Matt McLean, featured in Act I "A Good Hand-Organ and a Sidewalk" with Queenie Smith, Barrrett Greenwood, Jack Kearney and the female chorus; Act II "Uh-Uh" with Q. Smith and "Money Doesn't Mean a Thing" and a solo "Do It Now." (Norton 1924.30) Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Jack Donahue (biography) loc.music.tdabio.74 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1561