Panama Hattie
46th Street Theatre | 501 Performances
Opening Night October 30, 1940
Produced by
B.G. DeSylva
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Cole Porter
Book by
Herbert Fields & B.G. DeSylva
Directed by
Edgar MacGregor
Dances by
Robert Alton
Settings & costumes by
Raoul Pene Du Bois
The cast includes
James Dunn, Joan Carroll, Phyllis Brooks, Betty Hutton, Arthur Treacher, Pat Harrigan and Rags Ragland
Merman Introduces
“Visit Panama” • “My Mother Would Love You” • “I’ve Still Got My Health” •
“Let’s Be Buddies” • “I’m Throwin’ a Ball Tonight” •
“Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please”
Something for the Boys
The Alvin Theatre
Opening Night — January 7, 1943
Produced by
Mike Todd
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Cole Porter
Book by
Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Directed by
Hassard Short
Choreography by
Jack Cole
Scenery by
Howard Bay
costumes by
Billy Livingston
The cast includes
Paula Laurence, Betty Garrett, Betty Bruce, Bill Callahan, and Dolores Goodman (who will soon change her name and become known as the brilliant Dody Goodman).
Merman Introduces
“When We’re Home on the Range” • “Hey Good Lookin” •
“He’s A Right Guy” • “Leader of a Big Time Band” •
“There’s a Happy Land in the Sky” • “By The Mississinewa” (a duet with Paula Laurence)
Annie Get Your Gun
Imperial Theatre | 1,147 Performances
Opening Night May 16, 1946
Produced by
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
MUSIC & Lyrics BY
Irving Berlin
Book by
Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Directed by
Josh Logan
Dances by
Helen Tamiris
Scenery by
Jo Mielziner
costumes by
Lucinda Ballard
The cast includes
Ray Middleton, William O’Neal, George Lipton, Marty May and Harry Bellaver
Merman Introduces
“Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly” • “You Can’t Get A Man With a Gun” •
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” • “They Say It’s Wonderful” •
“Moonshine Lullaby” • “I’m an Indian Too” • “I Got Lost in His Arms” •
“I Got the Sun In the Morning” • “Anything You Can Do”
