Higher and Higher (musical)
- Higher and Higher (musical)
Infobox Musical
name= Higher and Higher
caption=Windowcard for original Broadway production
music=Richard Rodgers
lyrics=Lorenz Hart
book=Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan
basis=
productions= 1940 Broadway
awards=
"Higher and Higher" is a Broadway musical comedy that opened April 4, 1940, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. It was produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. It ran for 84 performances at the Shubert Theatre.
The show starred Jack Haley, Marta Eggert, and Shirley Ross, with Leif Erickson and Lee Dixon and included Vera Ellen and June Allyson.
The songs
* “It Never Entered My Mind”
* “Nothing But You”
* “Ev’ry Sunday Afternoon”
* “From Another World”
External links
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* [http://www.lorenzhart.org/higher.htm "Higher and Higher"] at LorenzHart.org
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