Follow Thru (musical)
Follow Thru is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson.
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| Music | Ray Henderson |
| Lyrics | Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva |
| Book | Laurence Schwab and B. G. de Sylva |
| Productions | 1929 Broadway |
Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel, the Broadway production opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin's 46th St. Theatre and ran through December 21, 1929 for a total run of 401 performances. The show was directed by Edgar MacGregor, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, and used set designs by Donald Oenslager. The cast included Jack Haley, Zelma O’Neal, John Barker and Eleanor Powell.
Called “a musical slice of country club life”, the plot involved a golf match at a country club. This was the first Broadway success for Eleanor Powell. The show produced several songs that are now standards, including “Button Up Your Overcoat”, “My Lucky Star”, and “I Want to be Bad”.
Musical Numbers
- Act I
Scene I: The Bound Brook Country Club, 1908
- Opening: The Daring Gibson Girl/The 1908 Life - Ensemble
- Old Fashioned Dance - Cynthia and Ensemble
Scene II: On the Golf Links, 1928
- It's a Great Sport - Babs, Ruth, Lora and Ensemble
Scene III: At the Sun Porch
- My Lucky Star - Jerry and Girls
- Button Up Your Overcoat - Angie and Jack
- You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would Ya? - Lora and Jerry
Scene IV: Where the Bushes Are Thickest Scene V: In Front of the Clubhouse
- He's a Man's Man - Ruth and Ensemble
- Then I'll have Time for you - Babs and Dinty
- I Want To Be Bad - Angie
- Finaletto - Lora and Jerry
- Act II
Scene I: In Front of the Clubhouse
- We Couldn't Miss this Match - Chorus
- If There Were No More You - Lora and Jerry
- I Could Give Up Anything But You - Jack and Angy
- Follow Thru - Ruth and Ensemble
Scene II: Near the Clubhouse
Scene III: The Ladies’s Locker Room
Scene IV: On the Fourteenth Hole
Scene V: On the Eighteenth Hole
Scene VI: Where the Bushes are Thickest
- I Could Give Up Anything But You - Angy and Jack
Scene VII: The Gate
- Finale: You Wouldn't Fool Would Me, Would Ya? - Entire Company