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No, No, Nanette

by Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel

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A musical based on "My Lady Friends" by Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray.

Story:

No, No, Nanette is a tap dancing musical comedy set in the stylish and vivacious 1920s. Comical entanglements of love and friendship ensue when young Nanette sheds her ladylike shell for a wild and exciting life.

: Composer
Vincent Youmans

: Lyricist
Irving Caesar

: Lyricist and Librettist
Otto Harbach

: Librettist
Frank Mandel

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Globe Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 16, 1925

Total Performances: 321

Original Cast: Jack Barker, Wellington Cross, Eleanor Dawn, Louise Groody, Mary Lawlor, Beatrice Lee, Georgia O'Ramey, Edna Whistler, Josephine Whittell, Charles Winninger

Director: H. H. Frazee

Choreographer: Sammy Lee

Producer: H. H. Frazee

Musical Director: Nicholas Kempner

Scenic Design: P. Dodd Ackerman

Costume Design: Milgrims, Schneider-Anderson Company, Frances

1971 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 46th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 19, 1971

Total Performances: 861

Original Cast: Helen Gallagher, Jack Gilford, Ruby Keeler, Patsy Kelly, Bobby Van, Susan Watson, Loni Zoe Ackerman, Pat Lysinger, Roger Rathburn, K. C. Townsend

Director: Burt Shevelove

Choreographer: Donald Saddler

Producer: Pyxidium, Ltd.

Musical Director: Buster Davis

Orchestrations: Ralph Burns

Scenic Design: Raoul Pène Du Bois

Costume Design: Raoul Pène Du Bois

Lighting Design: Jules Fisher

1940 Film Version

Movie Name: No, No, Nanette

Type: Hollywood Musical

Director: Herbert Wilcox

Screenplay: Ken Englund

Starring: Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature

Musical Numbers

Too Many Rings Around Rosie

I've Confessed To The Breeze

Call Of The Sea

I Want To Be Happy

No, No, Nanette

Peach On The Beach

The Three Happies

Tea For Two

You Can Dance With Any Girl At All

Telephone Girlie

Where-Has-My-Hubby-Gone' Blues

Waiting For You

Take A Little One-Step

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CDs

: 1971 Broadway Revival Cast Album

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

Videos

: Original Hollywood Version DVD

Other

1971 Tony Award Nominations

Best Actress in a Musical - Helen Gallagher
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Patsy Kelly
Best Costume Design
Best Choreography
Best Actor in a Musical - Bobby Van
Best Direction of a Musical