Mary Boland "FACE THE MUSIC" Irving Berlin 1932 New York's "Gotham Life" Guide

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This is a rare "GOTHAM LIFE", the Official Metropolitan Guide (Waldorf-Astoria edition) for the week of July 3rd, 1932 (Volume XXVII, No. 12) featuring MARY BOLAND on the front cover. She was starring in the
Original Broadway production of the IRVING BERLIN and MOSS HART musical revue "FACE THE MUSIC" at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City. (The production opened February 17th, 1932 and ran for 165 performances.) ..... The musical starred MARY BOLAND and featured
HUGH O'CONNELL,
ANDREW TOMBES, KATHERINE CARRINGTON, JOHN GARRICK, PETER SARGENT, WILMA ROELOFF, EDWARD GARGAN, MARJORIE DILLE, DOROTHY WALLER, MARGARET LEE, JACK GOOD, DAVE BURNS, FRANCES HALLIDAY, PATSY O'KEEFE, JEAN SARGENT, WARD ARNOLD, MARY BROOKS, JOSEPH MACAULAY, OSCAR POLK, CLYDE FILLMORE, MARTIN SHEPARD, CHARLES BURROWS, HARRY MURRAY, CHARLES COLEMAN, WILLIAM LYNN and the ALBERTINA RASCH DANCERS ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by IRVING BERLIN ("Music Box Revues", the Marx Brothers' "The Cocoanuts", "Face the Music", "As Thousands Cheer", "Louisiana Purchase", "This is the Army", "Miss Liberty", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Call Me Madam", "Mr. President"); Book by MOSS HART; Sets designed by ALBERT R. JOHNSON; Costumes designed by KIVIETTE and WELD; Choreographed by ALBERTINA RASCH; Directed by HASSARD SHORT; Produced by SAM H. HARRIS
..... DETAILS: The twenty page magazine measures 5 1/8" X 8 7/8" inches and includes a list of the current Broadway plays and musicals, art galleries, movies, sports and other goings-on in New York City. Among the current Broadway offerings were JANE COWL in the play "A THOUSAND SUMMERS" at the Selwyn Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning GEORGE S. KAUFMAN, MORRIE RYSKIND, GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN musical comedy "OF THEE I SING" starring WILLIAM GAXTON, LOIS MORAN and VICTOR MOORE at the Music Box Theatre and the JEROME KERN and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II musical "SHOW BOAT" starring NORMA TERRIS, HELEN MORGAN, DENNIS KING, EVA PUCK, SAMMY WHITE, AUNT JEMIMA, CHARLES WINNINGER and PAUL ROBESON at Ziegfeld's Casino Theatre. (Note: This issue came out two weeks before FLORENZ ZIEGFELD's death.) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare publication is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.