Tell Me More (musical)

Cover of the sheet music of Gershwin musical Tell Me More (1925)

Tell Me More is a musical written by Fred Thompson and William K. Wells, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Ira Gershwin. It opened on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre in April 1925 and in London in the same year at the Winter Garden Theatre.[1][2] Directed by Clifford Whitley from The Co-Optimists and starring Elsa Macfarlane, also from The Co-Optimists.

Productions

After the Broadway run, the show toured the US, including Chicago at the Selwyn Theatre in September 1925. It then starred Lou Holtz, Emma Haig and Mabel Withee.[3]

Synopsis

A rich young New Yorker, Kenneth, falls in love with a millinery sales clerk named Peggy. She does not know that her half-brother, Billy, is Kenneth's best friend. Peggy and Billy are estranged over disagreements that arose after their father died. Billy is also dating Bonnie, Peggy’s work friend. Monty Sipkin is the owner of the millinery shop where Peggy works, and he is dating one of her old friends from school, Jane. Jane invites Monty and Peggy to visit her family's extensive Westport estate. Knowing that her rich father would not approve of Monty, Jane has Monty pose as Peggy's half-brother Billy. Everyone ends up together in Westport, and farcical complications arise before all ends happily.

Songs

References

  1. ↑ "Tell Me More". Gershwin. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Tell Me More – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  3. ↑ "George Gershwin "TELL ME MORE" Lou Holtz / Mabel Withee 1925 Chicago Program". eBay UK. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
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