Follow Thru | |
Music: | Ray Henderson |
Lyrics: | Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva |
Productions: | 1929 Broadway |
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. 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”.
Scene II: On the Golf Links, 1928
Scene III: At the Sun Porch
Scene IV: Where the Bushes Are ThickestScene V: In Front of the Clubhouse
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
Scene VII: The Gate