Rodgers & Hart Back on Broadway (1935-37): Jumbo (1935), On Your Toes (1936), Babes in Arms (1937), & I'd Rather Be Right (1937)
Class Preparation
- Read Kantor & Mason, Broadway :The American Musical, pp.152-155.
- Handout of Class 3 slides
- Class 3 Selected Lyrics
YouTube Links & Playlists
Cast Recordings:
- Jumbo (1962 Film Soundtrack with Doris Day--audio only)
- On Your Toes (1954 Cast Recording)
- On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival)
- Babes in Arms (1999 New York Cast Recording)
- NOTE: All songs on the Class 3 Selected Lyrics handout (link above) are on the cast recordings except for the two from I'd Rather Be Right--see below.
- I'd Rather Be Right (two songs: "Have You Met Miss Jones?" and "Off the Record")
- "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (from the 1939 film with Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina; choreography by George Balanchine)
- Class 3 Videos (those actually shown in class)--to follow