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No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette is a Broadway musical first produced in 1925 by H.H Frazee, who financed the production, at least in part, by selling baseball superstar Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees five years earlier (Frazee owned the Boston Red Sox at the time).

The lyrics are by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, with music by Vincent Youmans. The songs include the well-known "Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy".

In 1950, a film entitled Tea for Two, about an acting troupe mounting a production of No, No, Nanette, was released. It starred Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Eve Arden, and Billy De Wolfe .


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There was a notable revival on Broadway in 1971, with a book adapted by Burt Shevelove, starring Ruby Keeler, Helen Gallagher, Jack Gilford , Patsy Kelly , and Bobby Van. The production was supervised by aging Hollywood legend Busby Berkeley, although it was rumored that his name was his primary contribution to the show. At each performance, Keeler - who had been lured out of retirement - brought down the house with an energetic tap routine incorporated into the "I Want to Be Happy" sequence. The show opened to universally ecstatic reviews, and became the "hottest" ticket on Broadway for months.

Reference

The Making of 'No, No Nanette by Don Dunn (Citadel Press, 1972), is an in-depth look at the development of the revival, and one of the most incisive and entertaining behind-the-scenes looks at a Broadway production ever written


Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55