Hip! Hip! Hooray! is a musical in two acts with music by Gus Edwards and both lyrics and book by Edgar Smith.Bloom, p. 483 It was written as a starring vehicle for the comedian Joe Weber, premiering on Broadway at Weber's Music Hall on October 10, 1907. It ran at that theatre for 64 performances, closing on December 7, 1907.Dietz, p. 448
The story takes place at the fictional Doolittle College, where two German professors attempt to popularize a new breakfast cereal, "Excited Oats", while simultaneously becoming entangled in romance, one with a widow and the other with a beautiful young woman.Bordman & Norton, p. 277
Cast
Joe Weber as German professor Dick Bernard as German professor Valeska Suratt as widow Bessie Clayton as village belle
Musical numbers
Sweet Ivy Green All I Want in the Wide, Wide World is You What's the Good? Wander off Nowhere Coon College Fashion Old Friends You'll Never Know what Love is, until I love You I'm a Business Man Little Tootsie Tripper In Philadelphia How'd you like to Take Me Home with You Hip! Hip Hooray!
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