THE GINGHAM GIRL
by Albert von Tilzer
The Gingham Girl, by the composer of “Take Me Out to The Ball Game,” opened on Broadway in August of 1922 and became the year’s longest-running book musical, exceeding runs of shows by Gershwin, Kern, Herbert, Romberg, Friml, Tierney, Berlin, and Cohan. The New York Times captured the show’s essence: “Here is a native little story that is almost pathetic in its simplicity, nor can it be said that there are extraordinary talents among its interpreters. And yet out of it someone has made a lively and entertaining musical comedy—certainly a far more entertaining one than anybody had a right to expect.”
ACT I: Centre Street, Crossville Corners, New Hampshire
1. Overture (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
2. Flapper Club
Libby, Ensemble
3. The Twinkle in Your Eye
Mary, Libby
4. Just as Long as You Have Me
Mary, John
5. Finale
John, Ensemble
ACT II: Scene I. A café, New York City Scene II. A studio down Greenwich Village way
6. Entr’acte
7. When My Buddy Steps with Me
Jack, Ensemble
8. Blues
9. Greenwich Village
Sonia, Girls
10. Tell Her While the Waltz Is Playing
Harrison, Girls
11. That Wonderful Thing Called Love
Sonia, John
12. The Twinkle in Your Eye (reprise)
Mary, Libby
13. Plunk
Jack, Libby, Ensemble
14. Finale
John
ACT III: An office, New York City
15. Sweet Cookies
Girls
16. Newlyweds
Libby, Jack
17. The Gingham Girl
Mary, Girls
18. Just as Long as You Have Me (reprise)
Mary, John, Ensemble
BONUS SONGS by von Tilzer: Included in the score at various times during the run
19. Business Is Bad
Waiter, Ensemble
20. Libby
Libby, Jack
21. Love and Kisses
Mary, Girls
22. Forty-Second Street Strut
Jack, Girls