Stage production

Oh, Kay!

Opening date: November 8, 1926
Comments: Musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. It is based on the play "La Presidente" by Maurice Hanniquin and Pierre Veber. The plot revolves around the adventures of the Duke of Durham and his sister, Lady Kay, English bootleggers in Prohibition Era America. Kay finds herself falling in love with a man who seems unavailable. The musical opened on Broadway in 1926 starring Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Moore and ran for 256 performances. The musical then opened in London's West End in 1927 starring Lawrence and John Kirby, where it ran for 213 performances. Date is for the New York opening of the musical at the Imperial Theatre.

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
Clap Yo' Hands PRF	Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Paulette Winston, Constance Carpenter, Janette Gilmore & Ensemble	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (48 artists) Originally by George Gershwin REL, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
Dear Little Girl	Oscar Shaw & Girls	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (3 artists)
Fidgety Feet	Harland Dixon, Marion Fairbanks and Ensemble	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (9 artists)
Heaven on Earth	Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Constance Carpenter & Ensemble	George Gershwin, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin	Covered by The Turtle Creek Chorale
Maybe PRF	Oscar Shaw & Gertrude Lawrence	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (32 artists) Originally by Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilhkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
Someone to Watch over Me PRF	Gertrude Lawrence	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (835 artists) Originally by Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL