Description
This is a beautiful piece of sheet music for the song "LET'S BE BUDDIES" from the Original Broadway production of the COLE PORTER musical comedy "PANAMA HATTIE" which played the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre in New York City. (The production opened October 30th, 1940 and ran for 501 performances.) ..... The musical starred the legendary ETHEL MERMAN and featured ARTHUR TREACHER, BETTY HUTTON, JAMES DUNN, JOAN CARROLL, PHYLLIS BROOKS, RAGS RAGLAND, PAT HARRINGTON, AL DOWNING, TED DANIELS, NADINE GAE, JUNE ALLYSON, VERA ELLEN, DON WEISMULLER, ANN GRAHAM and FRANK HYERS ..... CREDITS: Book by HERBERT FIELDS and B. G. "Buddy" DeSYLVA; Music and Lyrics by COLE PORTER ("Anything Goes", "Red, Hot and Blue", "Leave It To Me!", "Du Barry Was a Lady", "Panama Hattie", "Something For the Boys", "Mexican Hayride", "Can-Can", "Kiss Me Kate", "Out Of This World", "Silk Stockings"); Choreographed by ROBERT ALTON; Sets and Costumes designed by RAOUL PENE DU BOIS; Directed by EDGAR MacGREGOR; Produced by B. G. DeSYLVA ..... DETAILS: The oversized six page piece of sheet music measures approx. 9" X 12" inches and is copyrighted 1940 by Chappell & Co. Inc., New York City. The back cover shows the titles available on sheet music for "PANAMA HATTIE" (third scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare piece of sheet music is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed
by stiff cardboard.
