Funny Face

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"Funny Face" is a 1927 Broadway musical of the same name, which featured music by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. In the original Broadway production, Fred and Adele Astaire played the lead roles of Dick Avery and Jo Stockton, respectively. The show was a hit with audiences and critics, and helped to establish the Astaires as one of the most popular and innovative dance teams of the 1920s. The Broadway production of "Funny Face" featured a number of classic Gershwin songs, including "S'Wonderful," "My One and Only," and "He Loves and She Loves." The show also featured a number of memorable dance sequences, which showcased the Astaires' remarkable talent and chemistry on stage. While the film version of "Funny Face" was not a direct adaptation of the Broadway musical, it did draw on some of the songs and themes from the original show. Fred Astaire's performance in the film was widely praised, and helped to cement his status as one of the greatest performers in the history of American entertainment.}

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Genre: Musical Comedy

Score

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Original score

Cut during rehearsals

Cut during tryout

Added to London production

Added to 1978 revival

Added to 1981 revival

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"Funny Face" is a 1927 Broadway musical of the same name, which featured music by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. In the original Broadway production, Fred and Adele Astaire played the lead roles of Dick Avery and Jo Stockton, respectively. The show was a hit with audiences and critics, and helped to establish the Astaires as one of the most popular and innovative dance teams of the 1920s. The Broadway production of "Funny Face" featured a number of classic Gershwin songs, including "S'Wonderful," "My One and Only," and "He Loves and She Loves." The show also featured a number of memorable dance sequences, which showcased the Astaires' remarkable talent and chemistry on stage. While the film version of "Funny Face" was not a direct adaptation of the Broadway musical, it did draw on some of the songs and themes from the original show. Fred Astaire's performance in the film was widely praised, and helped to cement his status as one of the greatest performers in the history of American entertainment.}

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Genre: Musical Comedy

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Synopsis

Jimmy Reeve has three wards, all pretty girls whose prize belongings he keeps in his safe. June Wynne, for example, has a pearl necklace locked in there. Her sister Frankie Wynne has a diary that is filled with personal thoughts so incriminating that she convinces her boyfriend, the aviator Peter Thurston, to steal it from the safe. Somehow he manages to steal the pearls instead, setting off a merry chase that takes the cast to the pier at Atlantic City. To make matters more complicated, two humbling crooks also try to break into the safe and are swept along in the chase.

Trivia & History

"High Hat", "'S Wonderful" and "Tell the Doc" found on the original London cast recordings all contain additional lyrics not used in the New York production. There is no evidence these lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin.

Other Titles

  • Smarty (pre-Broadway title)

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