1940 Ethel Merman PANAMA HATTIE Cole Porter / Betty Hutton Souvenir Program - $89 - (Westerville, OH)

This collection comes from a dear friend’s mother and Grandmothers collection. Her mother is 98 and was just put into assisted living. Therefore she is downsizing and now we are re-homing this beautiful collection of very fine and rare dishes. Even if you do not buy be sure to check out this collection. You will not regret it. I TRULY BELIEVE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. PLEASE SEE PICTURES TO FURTHER ASSIST YOU IN DETERMINING CONDITION. This was found in a storage box with many other programs. This is a rare souvenir program 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, PHYLLIS BROOKS, JOAN CARROLL, RAGS RAGLAND, PAT HARRINGTON, NADINE GAE, CARMEN D'ANTONIO 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 16 page program measures 8 3/8" X 11 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team and several pages of production photos.

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