Tangerine is a musical with music by Monte Carlo and Alma M. Sanders, lyrics by Howard Johnston, about three men jailed for not paying alimony, written by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton. The piece premiered on Broadway at the Casino Theatre in 1921, running for 361 performances, one of two hits from the season.
Plot
Dick Owens gets jailed with his three friends, he for a brawl and his friends for not paying alimony. Owens is visited in jail by Shirley Dalton, the girl he loves. She has decided not to marry him until his jailed friends are happily back with their wives. Owens takes his friends then escapes to Tangerine, a South Sea isle run by King Home-Brew, an American expatriate. In Tangerine, the women do all the work while the men stay at home. Eventually the men are sick of the stay at home life, and all couples are reunited.
Original production
The show premiered on Broadway at the Casino Theatre on August 9, 1921, and closed August 26, 1922, running for 361 performances. It was directed by Carle Carlton, set designLee Simonson and P. Dodd Ackerman, costume designDorothy Armstrong, Mme. Francis, and Pieter Mayer, and musical direction by Gus Kleinecke. The cast included Julia Sanderson, California Four, Becky Cauble, Mary Collins, Frank Crumit, Grace DeCarlton, Helen Frances, Carolyn Hancock, John E. Hazzard, Joseph Herbert, Jr., Frank Holbrook, Brooke Johns, P. A. Leonard, Anna Ludmilla, Jeannetta Methven, Victoria White, Wayne Nunn, Edna Pierre, Harry Puck, Billy Rhodes, Ruth Rollins, Nerene Swinton, Gladys Wilson, and Hazel Wright. Allen Kearns would eventually play the role of Lee Loring.
Song list
Music by Monte Carlo and Alma M. Sanders; lyrics by Howard E. Johnson ;Act I
"Overture"
"It's Great to Be Married" - Fred Allen, Lee Loring and Jack Floyd
"Love Is a Business" - Shirley Dalton, Dick Owens, Fred Allen, Lee Loring and Jack Floyd
"Isle of Tangerine" - Shirley Dalton and Dick Owens
"The Sea of the Tropics - Dance" - Arameda and Oro
"Ode and Sun Dance" - Noa, Quartette and Eight Little Wives
"Listen to Me" - Shirley Dalton and Dick Owens
"In Our Mountain Bower" - Noa, Quartette and Eight Little Wives
"There's a Sunbeam for Every Drop of Rain" - Lee Loring and Elsie Loring
"Man Is the Lord of It All" - Shirley Dalton, Mildred Floyd, Elsie Loring, Kate Allen, Fred Allen, Lee Loring and Jack Floyd
"Finale" - Shirley Dalton and Dick Owens
;Act II
"South Sea Island Blues" - Quartette, Dick Owens, Fred Allen, Lee Loring and Jack Floyd
"Old Melodies" - Dick Owens and Quartette
"Tropic Vamps" - Eight Little Wives
"Sweet Lady" - Shirley Dalton and Dick Owens
"Civilization" - Joe Perkins and Eight Little Wives
"It's Your Carriage That Counts" - Shirley Dalton and Eight Little Wives
"She Was Very Dear To Me" - Joe Perkins
"Dance Tangerine" - Arameda and Oro
"We'll Never Grow Old" - Elsie Loring and Lee Loring
