Arms and the Girl | |
Music: | Morton Gould |
Lyrics: | Dorothy Fields |
Basis: | The Pursuit of Happiness by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall |
Premiere Date: | February 2, 1950 |
Premiere Location: | Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City |
Setting: | During the American Revolution |
Arms and the Girl is a 1950 Broadway musical with a book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Rouben Mamoulian, music by Morton Gould, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.[1] The show is based on the play The Pursuit of Happiness by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall.[2] It opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 2, 1950, and closed on May 27 after 134 performances.
During the American Revolution,[3] an American revolutionary named Jo, who lives in Connecticut, falls in loves with a Hessian soldier.[4] Connecticut, a runaway slave who uses the name of whatever colony she's living in, is also involved.
Captain Aaron Kirkland | Florenz Ames | |
Thad Jennings | Seth Arnold | |
Comfort Kirkland | Lulu Belle Clarke | |
Colonel Mortimer Sherwood | John Conte | |
General Lucius Curtis | Clifford Dunstan | |
Jo Kirkland | Nanette Fabray | |
Franz | Georges Guétary | |
Prudence Kirkland | Eda Heinemann | |
General George Washington | Arthur Vinton | |
Abigail | Mimi Cabanne | |
Ben | Sterling Hall | |
Betsy | Joan Keenan | |
Connecticut | Pearl Bailey | |
David | Philip Rodd | |
John | Paul Fitzpatricks | |
Matthew | Joseph Caruso | |
Town Crier | William J. McCarthy | |
Militiaman | Peter Miceli | |
Drummer | Jerry Miller | |
Sergeant | Norman Weise | |
Sons of Liberty | Andy Aprea, Victor Young | |
Aides to General Curtis | Dan O'Brien, Robert Rippy |