Follow Thru (musical)

Follow Thru (musical)
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Music	Ray Henderson
Lyrics	Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva
Book	Lawrence Schwab and B. G. de Sylva
Productions	1929 Broadway

Follow Thru (musical) is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Lawrence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson.

Produced by Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandell, the Broadway production, opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin’s 46th St. Theatre for a total run of 401 performances. 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: “Button up Your Overcoat,” “My Lucky Star,” and “I Want to be Bad.”

Songs

Act I

• The Daring Gibson Girl
• The 1908 Life
• It’s a Great Sport
• My Lucky Star
• Button Up Your Overcoat
• You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would Ya?
• He’s a Man’s Man
• Then I’ll have Time for you
• I Want To Be Bad”

Act II

• Married Men and Single Men
• If There Were No More You
• I Could Give Up Anything But You
• Follow Thru

External links

• ​Follow Thru​ at the Internet Broadway Database