Babes in Arms

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Babes in Arms
Original Broadway Logo
Music Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Lorenz Hart
Book Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Productions 1937 Broadway
1939 film

Babes in Arms is a 1937 musical theater production which tells the story of a boy who puts on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm. It has as music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart.

[edit] The 1937 Broadway production

The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, in New York, New York on April 14, 1937 and ran for 289 performances. (It transferred to the Majestic Theatre on October 25, 1937).

Cast:

Several songs in Babes in Arms became pop standards, amongst them the title song; "Where or When"; "My Funny Valentine"; "The Lady is a Tramp"; "Johnny One Note" and "I Wish I Were in Love Again".

[edit] The songs from the original Broadway play

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