Watch Your Step (musical)

Watch Your Step
Irene Castle in a costume by Lucile for Watch Your Step.
Music	Irving Berlin
Lyrics	Irving Berlin
Book	Harry B. Smith
Productions	1914 Broadway

Watch Your Step is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by Harry B. Smith. It was Irving Berlin's debut musical. "Play a Simple Melody" and "They Always Follow Me Around" as well as "When I Discovered You" and "The Syncopated Walk" were introduced by this musical. A highlight of the show was the Act II Finale, "Opera in Modern Time" in which melodies from famous operas were turned into popular dances of the time. The Ghost of Verdi then appeared to protest the ragging of his "Rigoletto" to no avail. "Watch Your Step" marked the first time a Tin Pan Alley composer moved "uptown" to Broadway with a complete score.

Productions

The original Broadway production, produced by Charles Dillingham, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 8, 1914. It ran for 175 performances^[1] and featured in the cast Vernon and Irene Castle, Frank Tinney, Elizabeth Murray, Harry Kelly and Justine Johnstone.

References

↑ Watch Your Step at the IBDB database (Retrieved on November 15, 2007)

Musicals by Irving Berlin

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies

Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

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