Lady, Be Good!

• Original Broadway Production (1924)
  New York, NY
• National Tour (1925)
• London Production (1926)
  London, England
• London Revival (1968)
  London, England
• Radio Production (1978)
• London Revival (1992)
  London, England
• Musicals Tonight! Concert (2001)
  New York, NY
• Musicals Tonight! Concert (2003)
  New York, NY
• London Revival (2007)
  London, England
• Encores! Production (2015)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Hang on to Me
• Wonderful Party
  • aka A Wonderful Party [no note]
  • aka Numberette—Wonderful Party [no note]
  • aka Oh, What a Lovely Party [London title]
• The End of a String
  • aka End of a String [TItle in program for original Broadway production]
  • aka On the End of a String [no note]
• We're Here Because
• Fascinating Rhythm
  • aka Fascinatin' Rhythm [no note]
  • aka Syncopated City [early title]
• So Am I
• Oh, Lady, Be Good
  • aka Lady Be Good [no note]
  • aka Lady, Be Good [no note]
  • aka Oh Lady, Be Good! [Title in program for original Broadway production]
  • aka Oh, Lady, Be Good! [no note]
• Piano Specialty
• Ting-a-ling, the Wedding Bells
• Weather Man
• Rainy Afternoon Girls
  • aka Rainy-Afternoon Girls [no note]
  • aka Six Rainy Afternoon Girls [no note]
• The Half of It, Dearie, Blues
  • aka The Half of It Dearie Blues [Title in program for original Broadway production]
• Juanita
  • aka Senorita Juanita [Title in playbill for Encores! production]
• Leave It to Love
• Little Jazz Bird
• Insufficient Sweetie
• Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?
• It's All the Same to Me
• Carnival Time
• Swiss Miss

Cut during rehearsals

• Singin' Pete
• Will You Remember Me?

Cut prior to Broadway

• Seeing Dickie Home
• The Man I Love
• The Bad, Bad Men

Added after Broadway opening

• Linger in the Lobby

Added to London production

• Buy a Little Button from Us
• I'd Rather Charleston
• Something About Love

Unused

• Evening Star
• Laddie Daddy
• Little Theatre

Added to 1968 revival

• Nice Work If You Can Get It
• I've Got a Crush on You
• I'm Feeling I'm Falling
• Feeling I'm Falling
• For You, For Me, For Evermore
• Love Walked In

Added to 1974 revival

• Somebody Loves Me
• That Certain Feeling
• Kickin' the Clouds Away
• I've Got to Be There

Added to 1975 revival

• Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Status unknown

• Something Peculiar

Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Studio Cast (1992)
  

  • Lara Teeter
  • Ann Morrison
  • Jason Alexander
  • Michael Maguire
  • John Pizzarelli

Evicted siblings Dick Trevor and Susie Trevor bluff their way into Long Island society to get solvent. Dick is nudged toward heiress Josephine Vanderwater while drawn to Shirley Vernon; Susie hatches quick-cash schemes with Jack Robinson as Jeff keeps the tempo (and trouble) lively. Mix-ups at a country-house party and publicity stunts from J. Watterson Watkins topple the pretenses; alliances reshuffle, debts are squared, and the couples choose love over expedience.

The show was originally called Black-Eyed Susan, then just Susan. Librettists Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson changed the show's title after they heard the song "Oh Lady, Be Good!"

• Black-Eyed Susan (working title)
• Susan (working title)