Sweet and Low is a musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

 produced by Billy Rose

Billy Rose

William "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"...

 and starring James Barton, Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice was a popular and influential American illustrated song "model," comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show...

, George Jessel

George Jessel (actor)

George Albert Jessel was an American illustrated song "model," actor, singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning movie producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedic entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies...

, and Arthur Treacher

Arthur Treacher

Arthur Veary Treacher was an English actor born in Brighton, East Sussex, England.Treacher was a veteran of World War I. After the war, he established a stage career and in 1928, he went to America as part of a musical-comedy revue called Great Temptations...

. It features sketches by David Freedman and songs by various composers and lyricists.

The 1930 Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 production was directed by Alexander Leftwich and choreographed by Danny Dare

Danny Dare

Danny Dare was an American choreographer, actor, director, writer, and producer of the stage, screen, and film....

, with additional dances staged by Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns...

. Scenic design was by Jo Mielziner

Jo Mielziner

Joseph "Jo" Mielziner was an American theatrical scenic, and lighting designer born in Paris, France. He is "the most successful set designer of the Golden era of Broadway", and worked on both stage plays and musicals.-Career:He was the son of artist Leo Mielziner, Sr...

. It ran for a week at the Majestic Theatre in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 before opening on November 17, 1930 at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre

Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Theatre, is a Broadway theater in New York City, built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased it to the Shuberts, who bought the building outright in 1931 and renamed it the 46th Street...

, where it ran for 184 performances. Although it rarely sold out, Rose transferred it to the 44th Street Theatre

44th Street Theatre

The 44th Street Theatre was a New York City Broadway theatre from 1912 to 1945 in the United States of America. It was located on Broadway, at West 44th Street. Architect was William A. Swansea. Built by the Shuberts, and first named Weber and Fields' Music Hall, its name was changed when the...

, where it was more successful at the box office.

Song list

Act 1

• Overture (Music by Harry Archer and Oscar Levant
  Oscar Levant
  Oscar Levant was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.-Life and career:...
  
  ; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu
  Edward Eliscu
  Edward Eliscu was a lyricist, playwright, producer and actor. He attended the City College of New York where he attained a Bachelor of Science degree. He then began acting in Broadway plays...
  
  )
• Mr. Jessel (Music and lyrics by Charlotte Kent)
• Cheerful Little Earful (Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
  
   and Billy Rose)
• In a Venetian Box (Music by Vivian Ellis
  Vivian Ellis
  Vivian Ellis was an English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme "Coronation Scot".-Life and work:...
  
  )
• When a Pansy Was a Flower (Music by William C. K. Irwin; Lyrics by Billy Rose and Malcolm McComb)
• Revival Days (Music by William C. K. Irwin; Lyrics by Malcolm McComb)
• Overnight (Music by Louis Alter
  Louis Alter
  Louis Alter was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. Alter was 13 when he began playing piano in theaters showing silent films...
  
  ; Lyrics by Billy Rose and Charlotte Kent)
• Gimme Me Watch and Chain (Music and lyrics by George M. Cohan
  George M. Cohan
  George Michael Cohan , known professionally as George M. Cohan, was a major American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer....
  
  )

Act 2

• I Knew Him Before He Was Spanish (Music by Dana Suesse
  Dana Suesse
  Dana Suesse , full name Nadine Dana Suesse, was an American musician, composer and lyricist.-Biography:While still a child, Suesse toured the Midwest vaudeville circuits with an act centered on dancing and piano playing. During the recital, she would ask the audience for a theme, and then proceed...
  
  ; Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard McDonald)
• You Sweet So and So (Music by Phil Charig and Joseph Meyer
  Joseph Meyer (songwriter)
  Joseph Meyer was an American songwriter who wrote some of the most notable songs of the first half of the twentieth century....
  
  ; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin)