Helen of Troy
(1923)
Book by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
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Throughout his career, Kaufman made a fine art out of the revue sketch, the most popular theatrical form on Broadway in the 1920s and early 1930s. Several of his sketches are absolute classics and they can be singly or as part of a larger evening.
Kaufman and Ferber to the backstage life of theater, this time in a theatrical boarding house in New York, where the "star performer" is a Hungarian émigré, a playwright who dreams of recreating his brilliant theatrical troupe in America.
I'd Rather Be Right opened on November 2, 1937 at the Alvin Theater, where it ran 290 performances. Moviegoers may be familiar with the patter song "Off The Record," performed by James Cagney as Cohan in the film Yankee Doodle Dandy.
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Plays are represented by Concord Theatricals, Broadway Dramatic Licensing, and Music Theatre International respectively
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For more information about George S. Kaufman or this website, contact:
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