The Dream Girl

For the unrelated 1916 film, see The Dream Girl (film).

The Dream Girl is an operetta in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and book by Rida Johnson Young (who also wrote the lyrics) and Harold R. Atteridge. Based on the 1906 play The Road to Yesterday, by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, its satiric story concerns reincarnation. Additional music was written by Sigmund Romberg. The piece was Victor Herbert's last musical composition, and the work was produced posthumously on Broadway in 1924.

Production

The Dream Girl opened at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway on August 20, 1924 and ran for 117 performances. It starred Fay Bainter, George LeMaire and Walter Woolf and was staged by J. C. Huffman.[1]

Roles and original cast

Musical numbers

Act I
  • Making a Venus - Bobby Thompkins, Malena, Models and Boys
  • All Year Round (Music by Sigmund Romberg) - Jack Warren and Chorus
  • Dancing Round - Elspeth and Chorus
  • (My) Dream Girl (I Loved You Long Ago) - Jack
  • Old Songs - Maidens and Quartette

Act II
  • Maiden, Let Me In - Will Levison and Boys
  • Gypsy Life - Malena and Chorus
  • Stop, Look and Listen - Elspeth, Jimmie Van Dyke and Bobby
  • (The) Broad Highway - Jack and Chorus
  • My Hero - Elspeth and Jack
  • I Want to Go Home (Music by Sigmund Romberg)- Elspeth

Act III
  • Bubbles - Dolly Follis and Chorus
  • Make Love in the Morning - Jimmie and Dancers
  • Saxophone Man - Bobby, Dolly and Chorus
  • Dream Girl - Elspeth, Jack and Company

References

  1. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (2006-01-01). Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5747-6. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

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