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Whoopee! was a Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 musical comedy which debuted on 4 December, 1928. The book is by William Anthony McGuire
William Anthony McGuire

William Anthony McGuire was a playwright, theatre director, and theatre producer and an Academy Award-winning United States screenwriter. He won an Oscar for the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld....
, featuring music by Walter Donaldson
Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.Donaldson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a piano teacher....
 and lyrics by Gus Kahn
Gus Kahn

Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist....
. The original version was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
 and starred Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor was an United States comedian, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway theatre, radio and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five children....
, Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting was an United States singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings.Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me ", and her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly like you", and "Shaking the Blues Away"....
 and Frances Upton
Frances Upton

Frances Upton was a Broadway theatre actress and comedienne who starred with Eddie Cantor in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1928 and Whoopee!....
. The two-act musical ran for 379 performances. A 1979 Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 revival garnered star Charles Repole
Charles Repole

Charles Repole is an United States actor, theatre director, and college professor.Repole made his Broadway theatre debut in Very Good Eddie in 1975, earning a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for his performance....
 a Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes theatres produced on Broadway theatre, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters....
 nomination.

Whoopee!
Whoopee! (film)

Whoopee is an "All-Talking All-Color" musical comedy film from 1930 in film photographed in Technicolor#Two-color Technicolor. The film closely followed the Whoopee! produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1928....
 was filmed lavishly in 1930
1930 in film

Events...
 as a musical comedy film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, closely following the version produced by Florenz Ziegfeld on the stage.








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Whoopee! was a Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 musical comedy which debuted on 4 December, 1928. The book is by William Anthony McGuire
William Anthony McGuire

William Anthony McGuire was a playwright, theatre director, and theatre producer and an Academy Award-winning United States screenwriter. He won an Oscar for the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld....
, featuring music by Walter Donaldson
Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.Donaldson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a piano teacher....
 and lyrics by Gus Kahn
Gus Kahn

Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist....
. The original version was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
 and starred Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor was an United States comedian, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway theatre, radio and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five children....
, Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting was an United States singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings.Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me ", and her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly like you", and "Shaking the Blues Away"....
 and Frances Upton
Frances Upton

Frances Upton was a Broadway theatre actress and comedienne who starred with Eddie Cantor in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1928 and Whoopee!....
. The two-act musical ran for 379 performances. A 1979 Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 revival garnered star Charles Repole
Charles Repole

Charles Repole is an United States actor, theatre director, and college professor.Repole made his Broadway theatre debut in Very Good Eddie in 1975, earning a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for his performance....
 a Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes theatres produced on Broadway theatre, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters....
 nomination.

Whoopee!
Whoopee! (film)

Whoopee is an "All-Talking All-Color" musical comedy film from 1930 in film photographed in Technicolor#Two-color Technicolor. The film closely followed the Whoopee! produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1928....
 was filmed lavishly in 1930
1930 in film

Events...
 as a musical comedy film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, closely following the version produced by Florenz Ziegfeld on the stage.

Songs

Act I
  • It's a Beautiful Day Today
  • Here's to the Girl of My Heart
  • Red, Red Rose
  • Gypsy Joe
  • Makin' Whoopee
  • Until You Get Somebody Else
  • Taps
  • Come West, Little Girl, Come West
  • The Movietone of the Gypsy Song
  • Stetson
Act II
  • The Song of the Setting Sun
  • Love Is the Mountain
  • Red Mamma
  • Love Me, or Leave Me
  • Hallowe'en Whoopee Ball


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