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''The Five O'Clock Girl'' is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Ruby, and lyrics by Bert Kalmar. It focuses on wealthy Beekman Place playboy Gerald Brooks and impoverished shopgirl Patricia Brown, who become acquainted with each other via a series of anonymous five o'clock phone conversations. The original Broadway production opened at the 44th Street Theatre on October 10, 1927. On April 16, 1928, it transferred to the Shubert Theatre, where it completed its total run of 280 performances on June 2. Directed by John Harwood and choreographed by Jack Haskell, it starred Oscar Shaw as Gerald Brooks, Mary Eaton as Patricia Brown, Pert Kelton as Susan Snow, and Danny Dare as Ronnie Webb. Costume design was by Charles LeMaire, and Norman Bel Geddes was the scenic designer. A West End production opened at the London Hippodrome on March 21, 1929.〔(ArthurLloyd.co.uk )〕 The musical was staged at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut and the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia before returning to Broadway, where it ran for six previews and 14 performances at the Helen Hayes Theatre between January 22 and February 8, 1981.〔Fliotos, Anne L. and Vierow, Wendy, ''American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century''. University of Illinois Press 2008. ISBN 0-252-03226-8, p. 225〕 Directed by Sue Lawless and choreographed by Dan Siretta, the cast included Lisby Larson, Richard Ruth, Roger Rathburn, Dee Hoty, and Pat Stanley. In his review in the ''New York Times'', Frank Rich called it "amiably silly" and said it "is not without passing interest as an arcane footnote to theatrical history, but as entertainment in 1981 it's a pretty slim affair." He added, "The show's book is tiresomely long, and its gags are unshucked corn. Pretty soon we're living just for the songs, and very few of them prove to be worth living for." 〔(''New York Times'' review )〕 ==1927 song list== ;Act I *I'm One Little Party *We Want You *Thinking of You *Happy Go Lucky *Up in the Clouds *Any Little Thing *Following in Father's Footsteps *Lonesome Romeos *Tea Time Tap *Thinking of You (Reprise) ;Act II *Who Did? *Society Ladder *Tell the World I'm Through *Up in the Clouds (Reprise) *Who Did? (Reprise) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Five O'Clock Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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