Follow Thru (musical)

Follow Thru
Sheet music cover (cropped)
Music	Ray Henderson
Lyrics	Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva
Book	Laurence Schwab and B. G. de Sylva
Productions	1929 Broadway

Follow Thru is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson.

Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel, the Broadway production opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin's 46th St. Theatre and ran through December 21, 1929 for a total run of 401 performances. The show was directed by Edgar MacGregor, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, and used set designs by Donald Oenslager. The cast included Lilian Bond,[1] Jack Haley, Zelma O’Neal, John Barker and Eleanor Powell.

Called “a musical slice of country club life”, the plot involved a golf match at a country club. This was the first Broadway success for Eleanor Powell. The show produced several songs that are now standards, including “Button Up Your Overcoat”, “My Lucky Star”^[citation needed], and “I Want to be Bad”^[citation needed].

Musical Numbers

Act I

Scene I: The Bound Brook Country Club, 1908

• Opening: The Daring Gibson Girl/The 1908 Life - Ensemble
• Old Fashioned Dance - Cynthia and Ensemble

Scene II: On the Golf Links, 1928

• It's a Great Sport - Babs, Ruth, Lora and Ensemble

Scene III: At the Sun Porch

• My Lucky Star - Jerry and Girls
• Button Up Your Overcoat - Angie and Jack
• You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would Ya? - Lora and Jerry

Scene IV: Where the Bushes Are Thickest Scene V: In Front of the Clubhouse

• He's a Man's Man - Ruth and Ensemble
• Then I'll have Time for you - Babs and Dinty
• I Want To Be Bad - Angie
• Finaletto - Lora and Jerry

Act II

Scene I: In Front of the Clubhouse

• We Couldn't Miss this Match - Chorus
• If There Were No More You - Lora and Jerry
• I Could Give Up Anything But You - Jack and Angy
• Follow Thru - Ruth and Ensemble

Scene II: Near the Clubhouse

Scene III: The Ladies's Locker Room

Scene IV: On the Fourteenth Hole

Scene V: On the Eighteenth Hole

Scene VI: Where the Bushes are Thickest

• I Could Give Up Anything But You - Angy and Jack

Scene VII: The Gate

• Finale: You Wouldn't Fool Would Me, Would Ya? - Entire Company

References

1. "Lilian Bond Forgets Work and Gets Jobs". Detroit Free Press. Michigan, Detroit. April 24, 1932. p. Part Four - 1. Retrieved June 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• ​Follow Thru​ at the Internet Broadway Database