The Cat and the Fiddle is a musical

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 music by Jerome Kern

Jerome Kern

Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...

, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach

Otto Harbach

Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies...

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Productions

The original Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 production opened at the Globe Theatre

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 205 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.Designed by the architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings, it was built by producer Charles Dillingham and opened as the Globe Theatre, in honor of London's Shakespearean playhouse, on...

 on October 15, 1931, moved to the George M. Cohan Theater

George M. Cohan

George Michael Cohan , known professionally as George M. Cohan, was a major American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer....

 on May 24, 1932, and ran for a total of 395 performances. The show was created as a vehicle for actress and violinist Odette Myrtil

Odette Myrtil

Odette Myrtil was an American actress, singer, and violinist of French birth. She began her career as a violinist on the vaudeville stage in Paris at the age of 14. She expanded out into acting and singing, and had her first major success at the age of 18 on the London stage in the 1916 musical...

. Other cast members included Lawrence Grossmith

Lawrence Grossmith

Lawrence Grossmith was a British actor, the son of Gilbert and Sullivan performer George Grossmith and the brother of actor George Grossmith, Jr.-Life and career:...

, Georges Metaxa, Bettina Hall, Eddie Foy Jr., José Ruben, and the Albertina Rasch Dancers

Albertina Rasch

Albertina Rasch was a naturalized American dancer and choreographer.-Early life:Born in Vienna in 1891 to a family of Polish Jewish descent, Rasch studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet school and became leading ballerina at the New York Hippodrome in...

. The title comes from the second line of the nursery rhyme

Nursery rhyme

The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.-Lullabies:...

 "Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey Diddle Diddle

"Hey Diddle Diddle" is an English nursery rhyme...

" ("the cat and the fiddle").

Songs

Act One

• Overture
• Opening
• The Night Was Made for Love
• The Breeze Kissed Your Hair
• The Love Parade
• Try to Forget
• Poor Pierrot
• The Passionate Pilgrim

Act Two

• She Didn't Say Yes
  She Didn't Say Yes
  "She Didn't Say Yes" is a 1931 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Otto Harbach..It was written for the show The Cat and the Fiddle .-Notable recordings:*Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook...
  
  
• A New Love Is Old
• One Moment Alone
• Hh! Cha cha!
• Finale: She Didn't Say Yes

External links

• The Cat and the Fiddle at Internet Broadway Database