Irving Berlin’s Watch Your Step opened on December 8th, 1914, starred Vernon and Irene Castle and tells the story of a $2,000,000 inheritance offered to any relative who has never been in love. Temptation was put before the only two claimants and they resisted long enough to win the share of the money while falling in love with each other. The songs include "Play a Simple Melody," "Syncopated Walk," "Show Us How To Do The Fox Trot," "I’m A Dancing Teacher Now," and over 20 more!
- Book by Harry B. Smith
Smith was born in Buffalo in 1860. In Chicago he became a newspaperman and stints as a music critic and then as a drama critic whetted his appetite for the stage. In time he became the most prolific librettist and lyricist in history. By his own estimate he wrote over 300 shows and lyrics for some 6000 songs.
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was born in Russia in 1888. Of his nearly 1,000 songs, "Alexander’s Ragtime Band" (1911) was his first outstanding hit. In 1918, while he was in the Army, he wrote, produced, and acted in Yip, Yip, Yaphank which he re-wrote in 1942 as This Is The Army. Berlin wrote songs for several Ziegfeld Follies and the Music Box Revue as well as the Broadway musical As Thousands Cheer (1933), Annie Get your Gun (1946), Miss Liberty (1949), Call Me Madam (1950), and Mr. President (1962), among others. He was the composer of numerous ilm scores, and several of his stage musicals were
filmed. Among the best known of his songs are "God Bless America," and "There’s No Business Like ShowBusiness." No words can adequately communicate the effect that Irving Berlin has had on American Musical Theatre and Popular Song.
Director and Choreographer Thomas Mills
Music Director, Vocal and Dance Arranger Mark Hartman
With Kirstie R. Bingham*, Julian Brightman*, Osborn Focht*, Anne Catherine Hundhausen*, Daniel Frank Kelley*, Michael Dunn Litchfield*, Aliza Loewy*, Jennifer Miller*, Edward Prostak*, Justin Roller*, David Sabella*, Lani Shipman, Rebecca Spencer*, Amy Shure*, David Titus*, Matt Toronto*, and Alison Walla*.
*Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
Producer Mel Miller |
