Author: (de Mille, Agnes; Wynn, Ed; Williams, Hannah; Haakon, Paul; Thompson, Kay). Minelli, Vincente.
Title: Messrs. Shubert Present the American Jester Ed Wynn (the Perfect Fool) in Hooray for What! with Hannah Williams, Paul Haakon, Kay Thompson and a Cast of 125... . Production Staged and Directed by Vincente Minnelli... . Dances Arranged by Agnes de Mille and Robert Alton. [Original Die Cut Shaped Program for the Tryout Performances].
Description: [New York], [1937]. [1937]. [New York], [1937]. [1937]. Very good. - Quarto, 11-7/8 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in die cut shaped pictorial wraps, with the front edge of the covers and pages shaped to the contour of Ed Wynn's portrait. There is a crease to the lower portion of the front cover's front edge. [16] unnumbered pages, including the covers, profusely illustrated with black & white portraits of the cast and with vignettes and decorations in pink. Very good. The original tryout program for Vincente Minnelli's production of the anti-war musical "Hooray for What!" with Ed Wynn, Hannah Williams, Paul Haakon, and Kay Thompson. Hannah Williams and Kay Thompson were subsequently replaced by June Clyde and Stephanie Stepanovich for the December 1, 1937 Broadway opening at the Winter Garden Theatre. The choreography was by Robert Alton and Agnes de Mille. This was Agnes de Mille's first Broadway choreography. Very good .

Keywords: THEATRE; BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATER; ANTI-WAR; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; HOORAY FOR WHAT!; ED WYNN; THE AMERICAN JESTER; HANNAH WILLIAMS, PAUL HAAKON, KAY THOMPSON; AGNES DE MILLE; DANCES; CHOREOGRAPHY; ROBERT ALTON; ORIGINAL TRYOUT PROGRAM; PERFORMA


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