The Dream Girl (operetta)

The Dream Girl is an operetta in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and book by Rida Johnson Young (who also wrote the lyrics) and Harold R. Atteridge. Based on the 1906 play The Road to Yesterday, by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, its satiric story concerns reincarnation. Additional music was written by Sigmund Romberg. The piece was Victor Herbert's last musical composition, and the work was produced posthumously on Broadway in 1924.

Production

The Dream Girl opened at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway on August 20, 1924 and ran for 117 performances. It starred Fay Bainter, George LeMaire and Walter Woolf and was staged by J. C. Huffman.[1]

Roles and original cast

Ken Paulton - Edward Basse
Will Levison - John Clarke
Elspeth - Fay Bainter
Cristoforo - Edmund Fitzpatrick
Wilson Addison - George LeMaire
Bobby Thompkins - Frank Masters
Elinor Levison - Alice Moffat
Aunt Harriet - Maude Odell
Mr. Gillette - William Oneal
Nora - Clara Palmer
Dolly Follis - Wyn Richmond
Jimmie Van Dyke - Billie B. Van
Malena - Vavara
Jack Warren - Walter Woolf

Musical numbers

Act I

Making a Venus - Bobby Thompkins, Malena, Models and Boys
All Year Round (Music by Sigmund Romberg) - Jack Warren and Chorus
Dancing Round - Elspeth and Chorus
(My) Dream Girl (I Loved You Long Ago) - Jack
Old Songs - Maidens and Quartette

Act II

Maiden, Let Me In - Will Levison and Boys
Gypsy Life - Malena and Chorus
Stop, Look and Listen - Elspeth, Jimmie Van Dyke and Bobby
(The) Broad Highway - Jack and Chorus
My Hero - Elspeth and Jack
I Want to Go Home (Music by Sigmund Romberg)- Elspeth

Act III

Bubbles - Dolly Follis and Chorus
Make Love in the Morning - Jimmie and Dancers
Saxophone Man - Bobby, Dolly and Chorus
Dream Girl - Elspeth, Jack and Company

References

Hischak, Thomas S. (2006-01-01). Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5747-6. Retrieved 2014-05-30.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[1] Hischak, Thomas S. (2006-01-01). Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5747-6. Retrieved 2014-05-30.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)