Follow Thru (musical) Last updated June 25, 2025 Musical
Follow Thru 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 ] [ citation needed ]
Cast The opening night cast: [ 2]
Arthur Aylesworth as Mac Moore, a golf professional Don Tomkins as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, his sixteen-year-old son Irene Delroy as Lora Moore, his daughter Zelma O'Neal as Angie Howard, her girl-friend Frank Kingdon as Martin Bascomb, president of the Bound Brook Country Club Edith Campbell as Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife Margaret Lee as Babs Bascomb, their fifteen-year-old daughter John Sheehan as J.C. Effingham, a new member John Barker as Jerry Downs, a young golf champion Jack Haley as Jack Martin, Jerry's friend Madeline Cameron as Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion Eleanor Powell as Molly 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 Angie 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 - Angie and Jack Scene VII: The Gate
Finale: You Wouldn't Fool Would Me, Would Ya? - Entire Company This page is based on this
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