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One Touch of Venus.

This is about the stage musical. For the film adaptation, see One Touch of Venus (1948 film).

One Touch of Venus is a stage musical based on the novella The Tinted Venus by Thomas Anstey Guthrie.

Cast[]

  • John Boles - Whitelaw Savory
  • Paula Laurence - Molly Grant
  • Teddy Hart - Taxi Black
  • Harry Clark - Stanley
  • Kenny Baker - Rodney Hatch
  • Mary Martin - Venus
  • Helen Raymond - Mrs. Kramer
  • Ruth Bond - Gloria Kramer

Plot[]

A long-lost, priceless statue of the goddess Venus is placed on display in an art museum in New York. A barber, Rodney Hatch, places the engagement ring he plans to give his fiance onto the statue's finger. The sculpture comes to life and falls in love with the hapless Rodney. Farcical complications ensue.

Musical numbers[]

Act I
  • "New Art Is True Art" – Whitelaw Savory and Chorus
  • "One Touch of Venus" – Molly Grant and Girls
  • "How Much I Love You" – Rodney Hatch
  • "I'm A Stranger Here Myself" – Venus
  • "West Wind" – Savory and Chorus
  • "Way Out West in Jersey" – Mrs. Kramer, Gloria Kramer, and Rodney
  • "That's How I Am Sick of Love" – Rodney
  • "Foolish Heart" – Venus
  • "The Trouble With Women" – Rodney, Savory, Taxi Black, and Stanley
  • "Speak Low" – Venus and Rodney
  • "Doctor Crippen" – Savory and Dancers
Act II
  • "Very, Very, Very" – Molly
  • "Speak Low" (Reprise) – Rodney and Venus
  • "Catch Hatch" – Savory, Molly, Stanley, Taxi Black, Mrs. Kramer, 3 Anatolians, and Chorus
  • "That's Him" – Venus
  • "Wooden Wedding" – Rodney
  • "Speak Low" (Reprise) – Rodney
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