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Going Up is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Louis Hirsch and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and James Montgomery. Set in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States at the end of World War I, the musical tells the story of a writer turned aviator who wins the hand of the high society girl that he loves by his daring handling of the joystick of a biplane.
After tryouts from November 15, 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, it opened on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre, New York on December 25, 1917. It ran for 351 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| MISS ZONNE, a telephone girl | Ruth Donnelly |
| JOHN GORDON, manager of the Gordon Inn | John Park |
| F. H. DOUGLAS, a chronic bettor | Donald Meek |
| MRS. DOUGLAS, his wife | Grace Peters |
| JULES GAILLARD, their prospective son-in-law | Joseph Lertora |
| GRACE DOUGLAS, his fiancee | Edith Day |
| MADELINE MANNERS, her chum | Marion Sunshine |
| HOPKINSON BROWN, her fiance | Frank Otto |
| ROBERT STREET, author of "Going Up" | Frank Craven |
| JAMES BROOKS, his publisher | Arthur Stuart Hull |
| SAM ROBINSON, a mechanician | Edward Begley |
| LOUIS, Gaillard's mechanician | Francois Vaulry |
- Selection (intended also as the basis for an overture)
- Overture (reduced to a more reasonable length from the above selection, by eliminating six repeated passages)
ACT I - Lounging room at Gordon Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus, with soloist - Miss Zonne - "Hello! Hello! It's the Gordon Inn you're yelling to..."
- No. 2 - Song - John Gordon & Ensemble - "I never saw a game of chance but I was straight way in it..."
- No. 3 - Duet and Dance - Madeline Manners & Hopkinson Brown - "I do admire a boy with spirit, plucky and fine..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Grace Douglas & Madeline Manners - "A maiden's lips no longer express things that she'd have you know..."
- No. 5 - Song - Jules Gaillard & Chorus - "The world is always wanting something new, sensations only last a day or two..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I (reprise) - "You start to sway, and then you shut your eyes, you're in the way that leads to Paradise..."
- Entr'acte (reprise of item 4)
ACT II - Sitting room of Robert Street's apartment at the Inn, same evening.
- No. 7 - Song - Grace Douglas and Girls - "Poor old bachelor a-living by himself, thinks he doesn't need a wife..."
- No. 8 - Quartet - Street, Brown, Brooks & Robinson - "Climb into your seat, arrange your feet..."
- No. 9 - Duet - Madeline Manners & Hopkinson Brown - "I don't exactly think it nice of you, that you should make me wait..."
- No. 10 - Song - Grace Douglas and Ensemble - "While I travelled in the west, where the Salt Sea lies at rest..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Grace and Gaillard - "Why should we wait until tomorrow? Tomorrow may but bring us sorrow..."
- No. 12 - Scene - Grace and Street - "She'll tell you what you're to do, dear, if you'll look in her eyes..."
- No. 13 - Finale Act II - "She may not say one word, yet somehow you'll get a sort of knowing look..."
- No. 13a - Entr'acte
ACT III - Scene 1 - A field near Gordon Inn, six o'clock the next afternoon.
- No. 14 - Opening Chorus - "Hip hooray, see the crowds appearing, hear the cheering! ..."
- No. 14a - Song - Jules Gaillard and Ensemble - "Ev'rybody gather round me here, for I want to make it very clear..."
ACT III - Scene 2 - Another portion of the field.
- No. 15 - Song - Grace Douglas and Ensemble - "America and good old France, you're standing side by side..."
ACT III - Scene 3 - In the air, an hour later.
- No. 16 - Ensemble (reprise) - "You start to sway, and then you shut your eyes..."
ACT III - Scene 4 - Exterior of Hotel, one hour later.
- No. 17 - Finale Ultimo - "You start to sway, and then you shut your eyes..."
- External Link
- Going Up at Wikipedia
Page modified 8 December 2016