Gay Divorce

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Gay Divorce (1932) is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein. It was Fred Astaire's last Broadway show and featured the hit "Night and Day."

It was made into a Hollywood musical film in (1934) starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and renamed The Gay Divorcee.

  • "After You, Who?"
  • "Fate"
  • "How's Your Romance?"
  • "I Love Only You"
  • "I Still Love the Red, White and Blue"
  • "I've Got You on My Mind"
  • "Mister and Missus Fitch"
  • "Night and Day"
  • "Salt Air"
  • "A Weekend Affair"
  • "What Will Become of Our England?"
  • "Why Marry Them?"
  • "You're in Love"

Fred Astaire and Claire Luce in Gay Divorce
Fred Astaire and Claire Luce in Gay Divorce

The show opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29, 1932 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933 for a total run of 248 performances. It was directed by Howard Lindsay.

Cast:

  • Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
  • Claire Luce as Mimi
  • Luella Gear as Hortense
  • G. P. Huntley Jr as Teddy
  • Betty Starbuck as Barbara Wray
  • Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
  • Eric Blore as Waiter
  • Roland Bottomley as Pratt

The show opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2, 1933 and ran for 180 performances. It was directed by Felix Edwardes.

Cast:

  • Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
  • Claire Luce as Mimi
  • Olive Blakeney as Gertrude Howard
  • Claud Allister as Teddy
  • Joan Gardner as Barbara Wray
  • Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
  • Eric Blore as Waiter
  • Fred Hearne as Octavius Mann
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