280. Courtin' Time 1951
Musical Comedy in Two Acts and Nine Scenes
- Music
Music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Don Walker. Book by William Roos, based on the play The Farmer’s Wife, by Eden Phillpotts. Musical and vocal arrangements by Don Walker
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Produced by James Russo and Michael Ellis in association with Alexander H. Cohen. Directed by Alfred Drake. Scenery and lighting by Ralph Alswang. Costumes by Saul Bolasni. Scenery built by Nolan Brothers and painted by Triangle Studios; costumes executed by Eaves Costume Company
- Premiere
June 13, 1951, National Theatre, New York. Conductor: Bill Jonson. (Out-of-town preview: April 9, Shubert Theatre, Boston.)
- Cast
Samuel Rilling, Joe E. Brown (Lloyd Nolan, Boston); Araminta, Billie Worth; Theresa Tapper, Carmen Mathews; and others. Dancers: Gloria Patrice, Peter Conlow, 6 women, 6 men
TODAY AT YOUR HOUSE, TOMORROW AT MINE (Act I, Scene 1): Gloria Patrice, Peter Conlow, ensemble
REPRISE: THE WISHBONE SONG (Act I, Scene 3): Patrice, Conlow
CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER (Act I, Scene 4): Patrice, Conlow, ensemble
BALLET: JOHNNY AND THE PUCKWUDGIES (Act II, Scene 1): Johnny-Ride-the-Sky, Conlow; Patrice, ensemble
Performance Type
Musical Theater
Note
37 performances. JOHNNY AND THE PUCKWUDGIES and CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER were the main dance numbers. The latter, a square dance around a gazebo, used the American dance form on which Balanchine later based the ballet Square Dance [315].
Camille Hardy
