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Higher and Higher (musical)

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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”