
Something for the Boys
Something for the Boys is a stage musical by Cole Porter, Herbert and Dorothy Fields.
Cast[]
- Ethel Merman - Blossom Hart
- Paula Laurence - Chiquita Hart
- Allen Jenkins - Harry Hart
- Bill Johnson - Staff Sergeant Rocky Fulton
- William Callahan - Corporal Burns
- Betty Bruce - Betty-Jean
- Betty Garrett - Mary-Frances
- William Lynn - Mr. Tobias Twitch
Plot[]
Three cousins inherit a Texas ranch that is next to a military base. Blossom Hart is a worker in the war department, Chiquita Hart is a night club dancer/singer, and Harry Hart is a carnival pitchman. Although none of the cousins know each other, they join together to convert the ranch into a boarding house for soldiers' wives.
However, Lieutenant Colonel Grubbs thinks the activities at the house are suspicious and he tries to close it down. Meanwhile, Blossom and Rocky Fulton, a bandleader in the Army band, begin a romance, much to the displeasure of his fiance, Melanie.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "See That You're Born in Texas" - Ensemble
- "When My Baby Goes to Town" - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- "Something for the Boys" - Blossom Hart and Boys
- "When We're Home on the Range" - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart and Harry Hart
- "Could It Be You?" - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Boys
- "Hey, Good Lookin'" - Blossom Hart and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- "Hey, Good Lookin'" (Reprise) - Betty-Jean, Corp. Burns, Girls and Boys
- "He's a Right Guy" - Blossom Hart
- "The Leader of a Big Time Band" - Blossom Hart
- Act II
- "I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy" - Mary-Frances, Girls and Boys
- "There's a Happy Land in the Sky" - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart, Harry Hart, Mr. Tobias Twitch and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- "He's a Right Guy" (Reprise) - Blossom Hart
- "Could It Be You?" (Reprise) - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Ensemble
- "By the Mississinewa" - Blossom Hart and Chiquita Hart