The musical played 225 performances in London starting in 1924 and featured such songs as "Naughty Baby" and "Boy Wanted."
Lyrics were credited to Ira Gershwin and Desmond Carter. The libretto — about tangled love in Little Ferry-on Thames — is by George Grossmith and Guy Bolton. The song "Boy Wanted" was written for A Dangerous Maid in 1921 and rewritten for Primrose.
The piano-and-voice New York concert cast, directed by Thomas Mills and musical-directed by Barbara Anselmi, includes Michael Shawn Lewis, Ron Lee Savin, Cristin Mortenson, Jeremy Leiner, Carey Anderson, Gavin Esham, Brynn O'Malley, Chris Hartl, Verna Pierce, and Jacqueline Carnahan, Jeffrey Correia, Morgan James, Gavin Lodge, Annie Ramsey, Dee Roscioli, Kevin David Thomas and Nathan Zubal.
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