Synopsis
Happy New Year
$10.99
Bert Shevelove from Philip Barry
Published by Samuel French Inc
Large Mixed Cast
Set in the 1930s with songs by Cole Porter, Bert Shevelove's clever Musical adaptation gives new life to Philip Barry's 1928 play Holiday, one of America's most popular comedies
It focuses on hedonistic young Wall Street attorney Johnny Case who, driven by his passion to live life as a holiday, contemplates abandoning his career for a carefree existence by marrying wealthy upper class Julia Seton
But in the final scene he realizes that it is her young, unconventional sister whom he really loves
Will the two turn their backs on old money and old values for a shared life?
REVIEWS
"A playful, tuneful, civilized musical" ~ N.Y. Post
"Mr. Shevelove has matched Barry's happy go lucky book with a fountain of effervescent Porter tunes" ~ N.Y. Times