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|name= Higher and Higher
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|name=Higher and Higher
|venue=Original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] Production
|caption=Windowcard for original Broadway production
|caption=
|music=[[Richard Rodgers]]
|music=[[Richard Rodgers]]
|lyrics=[[Lorenz Hart]]
|lyrics=[[Lorenz Hart]]
|book=[[Gladys Hurlbut]] and [[Joshua Logan]]
|book=[[Gladys Hurlbut]] and [[Joshua Logan]]
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|theatre=[[Shubert Theatre]]
|productions= [[1940]] [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|open=April 4, 1940
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|close=June 15, 1940
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|producer=[[Dwight Deere Wiman]]
|director=[[Joshua Logan]]
|choreographer=[[Robert Alton]]
|scenery=[[Jo Mielziner]]
|costumes=[[Lucinda Ballard]]
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Revision as of 05:12, 18 June 2007

Higher and Higher
Windowcard for original Broadway production
MusicRichard Rodgers
LyricsLorenz Hart
BookGladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan
Productions1940 Broadway

Higher and Higher is a Broadway musical comedy that opened April 4, 1940, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. It was produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. It ran for 84 performances at the Shubert Theatre.

The show starred Jack Haley, Marta Eggert, and Shirley Ross, with Leif Erickson and Lee Dixon and included Vera Ellen and June Allyson.

The songs

  • “It Never Entered My Mind”
  • “Nothing But You”
  • “Ev’ry Sunday Afternoon”
  • “From Another World”