Too Many Girls (musical)

Too Many Girls
Cover of sheet music (cropped)
Music	Richard Rodgers
Lyrics	Lorenz Hart
Book	George Marion Jr. Cast (Broadway version) Desi Arnaz Diosa Costello Marcy Westcott Eddie Bracken Richard Kollmar Van Johnson Hal LeRoy Cast (Hollywood version) Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Richard Carlson Eddie Bracken Van Johnson
Productions	1939 Broadway

Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy and a 1940 film version of the show, starring Lucille Ball.

Broadway version

Too Many Girls opened October 18, 1939, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by George Marion Jr.

Film version

Main article: Too Many Girls (film)

Arnaz and Bracken repeated their roles in the 1940 RKO Radio Pictures film version.

The songs

Act I

"Heroes in the Fall" - Second Robin Hood and Squad
"Tempt Me Not" - Manuelito, Clint Kelley, First Co-Ed, Second Co-Ed, Third Co-Ed, Fourth Co-Ed, Fifth Co-Ed and Sixth Co-Ed
"My Prince" - Consuelo Casey
"Pottawattamie" - Harvey Casey and Mr. Lister
"Pottawattamie" (Reprise) - Male Quartette and Ensemble
"'Cause We Got Cake" - Eileen Eilers
"Love Never Went to College" - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
"Spic and Spanish" - Pepe
"I Like to Recognize the Tune" - Jojo Jordan, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Clint Kelley and Al Terwillinger
"Look Out" - Eileen Eilers and Company

Act II

"The Sweethearts of the Team" - Eileen Eilers and Co-Eds
"She Could Shake the Maracas" - Pepe and Manuelito
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
"Spic and Spanish" (Reprise) - Pepe, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Al Terwillinger, Clint Kelley, Jojo Jordan, Manuelito and Talullah Lou
"Too Many Girls" - Manuelito
"Give it Back to the Indians" - Eileen Eilers

References

External links

Too Many Girls at the Internet Movie Database
Too Many Girls at the Internet Broadway Database
Overview of show

Rodgers and Hart

Musicals	The Garrick Gaieties Dearest Enemy The Girl Friend Peggy-Ann A Connecticut Yankee Present Arms Ever Green Simple Simon America's Sweetheart Jumbo On Your Toes Babes in Arms I'd Rather Be Right The Boys from Syracuse I Married an Angel Too Many Girls Higher and Higher Pal Joey By Jupiter

Songs	"Manhattan" "Mountain Greenery" "Here in My Arms" "Blue Room" "My Heart Stood Still" "Thou Swell" "To Keep My Love Alive" "You Took Advantage of Me" "With a Song in My Heart" "A Ship Without a Sail" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Ten Cents a Dance" "He Was Too Good to Me" "I've Got Five Dollars" "Isn't It Romantic?" "Lover" "Mimi" "Blue Moon" "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "My Romance" "Little Girl Blue" "There's a Small Hotel" "Glad to Be Unhappy" "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" "Where or When" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "My Funny Valentine" "Johnny One Note" "The Lady Is a Tramp" "Have You Met Miss Jones?" "I'll Tell the Man in the Street" "Spring Is Here" "Falling in Love with Love" "This Can't Be Love" "Sing for Your Supper" "I Like to Recognize the Tune" "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" "Give It Back to the Indians" "You're Nearer" "It Never Entered My Mind" "I Could Write a Book" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Ev'rything I've Got" "Wait till You See Her"

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