Follow Thru (musical)

Follow Thru is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel, the Broadway production opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin's 46th St. Theatre and ran through December 21, 1929 for a total run of 401 performances. The show was directed by Edgar MacGregor, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, and used set designs by Donald Oenslager. The cast included Jack Haley, Zelma O’Neal, John Barker and Eleanor Powell.

Called “a musical slice of country club life”, the plot involved a golf match at a country club. This was the first Broadway success for Eleanor Powell. The show produced several songs that are now standards, including “Button Up Your Overcoat”, “My Lucky Star”, and “I Want to be Bad”.

Musical Numbers
Scene I: The Bound Brook Country Club, 1908 Scene II: On the Golf Links, 1928 Scene III: At the Sun Porch Scene IV: Where the Bushes Are Thickest Scene V: In Front of the Clubhouse Scene I: In Front of the Clubhouse Scene II: Near the Clubhouse
 * Act I
 * Opening: The Daring Gibson Girl/The 1908 Life - Ensemble
 * Old Fashioned Dance - Cynthia and Ensemble
 * It's a Great Sport - Babs, Ruth, Lora and Ensemble
 * My Lucky Star - Jerry and Girls
 * Button Up Your Overcoat - Angie and Jack
 * You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would Ya? - Lora and Jerry
 * He's a Man's Man - Ruth and Ensemble
 * Then I'll have Time for you - Babs and Dinty
 * I Want To Be Bad - Angie
 * Finaletto - Lora and Jerry
 * Act II
 * We Couldn't Miss this Match - Chorus
 * If There Were No More You - Lora and Jerry
 * I Could Give Up Anything But You - Jack and Angy
 * Follow Thru - Ruth and Ensemble

Scene III: The Ladies’s Locker Room

Scene IV: On the Fourteenth Hole

Scene V: On the Eighteenth Hole

Scene VI: Where the Bushes are Thickest Scene VII: The Gate
 * I Could Give Up Anything But You - Angy and Jack
 * Finale: You Wouldn't Fool Would Me, Would Ya? - Entire Company