Everybody's Welcome is a musical comedy

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 with a book by Lambert Carroll, lyrics by Irving Kahal

Irving Kahal

Irving Kahal was a popular lyricist active in the 1920's and '30's. He is best remembered for his collaborations with composer Sammy Fain which started in 1926 when Kahal was working in vaudeville sketches written by Gus Edwards...

, and music by Sammy Fain

Sammy Fain

Sammy Fain was an American composer of popular music.-Biography:Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923, Fain appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself to...

. The musical has two acts and a prologue. The story is based on "Up Pops the Devil" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Albert Maurice Hackett was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich.-Early years:...

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The musical ran at the Shubert Theater

Shubert Theatre (Broadway)

The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 225 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan, New York, United States.Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts, it was named after Sam S. Shubert, the second oldest of the three brothers of the theatrical producing family...

 in New York City

New York City

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 from October 31, 1931 to February 13, 1932 for a total of 139 performances. it originated the song "As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By (song)

"As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became most famous in 1942 when it was sung by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca. The song was voted #2 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film. It was used as a fanfare for Warner...

", with music and lyrics by Herman Hupfeld

Herman Hupfeld

Herman Hupfeld was an American songwriter whose most notable composition was "As Time Goes By."-Biography:Hupfeld studied violin in Germany at 9. He was in the military during World War I, and he entertained camps and hospitals during World War II...

. The song was part of the "additional material" provided for the musical by songwriters other than Kahal and Fain. The musical starred Harriette Lake

Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern was an American film and television actress whose career spanned six decades.-Early life and career:...

 as Ann Cathway, Ann Pennington

Ann Pennington (Ziegfeld star)

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 as Louella Carroll, Oscar Shaw

Oscar Shaw

Oscar Shaw , was a stage and screen actor and singer...

 as Steve Merrick, Jack Sheehan as Biny Hatfield and Frances Williams as Polly Bascom. It was directed by William Mollison and choreographed by William Holbrook.

Songs

Prologue

• One in a Million – Steve Merrick and Girls

Act 1

• All Wrapped Up in You (Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harold Adamson; music by Harry Revel) – Steve and Ann Cathway
• Pie Eyed Piper – Polly Bascom, Girls and Boys
• Ta, Ta, Old Bean (Lyrics by Edward Eliscu; music by Manning Sherwin) – Steve, Ann, Polly, and Biny Hatfield
• As Time Goes By (Music and Lyrics by Herman Hupfeld) – Polly
• Even As You and I – Steve and Ann
• Even As You and I (Reprise) – Steve and Ann

Act 2

• Feather in a Breeze – Louella Carroll, Girls and Boys
• Lease in My Heart – Steve and Ann
• Lease in My Heart (Reprise) – Steve, Louella, a Drunk, Boys and Girls
• Nature Played a Dirty Trick on You (Lyrics by Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal; music by Sherwin) – Polly and Biny
• As Time Goes By (Reprise) – Polly and Biny
• Even As You and I (Reprise) – Steve and Ann
• I Shot the Works (Lyrics by Pascal and Lippmann; music by Sherwin) – Polly
• Four Grecians – Biny, George Kent, a Drunk and Buddy Hill
• Is Rhythm Necessary? – Polly, Louella, Girls and Boys

External links

• "Everybody's Welcome" at the Internet Broadway Database
  Internet Broadway Database
  The Internet Broadway Database is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre community....