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|music= [[George Gershwin]] <br> [[Sigmund Romberg]]

|lyrics= [[Ira Gershwin]] <br> [[P.G. Wodehouse]]

|book=[[William Anthony McGuire]]<br>[[Guy Bolton]]

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|productions= 1928 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] <br> 1937 Film

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'''''Rosalie''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with music by [[George Gershwin]] and [[Sigmund Romberg]], lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]] and [[P.G. Wodehouse]], and book by William Anthony McGuire and [[Guy Bolton]]. The story tells of a princess from a faraway land who comes to [[United States|America]] and falls in love with a [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] Lieutenant.

It was first produced on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] in 1928 at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]]. It was adapted in 1937 as [[Rosalie (film)|a musical film]] with songs by [[Cole Porter]].

==Productions==

;Broadway

The musical, produced by [[Florenz Ziegfeld]], premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on January 10, 1928 and ran for 335 performances. Directed by William Anthony McGuire, the cast starred [[Marilyn Miller]] as the princess, [[Frank Morgan]] as her father, King Cyril, Bobbe Arnst (Mary), [[Margaret Dale (actress)|Margaret Dale]] (the Queen), and Jack Donahue.<ref name=suskin>Suskin, Steven. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_3mOZv6OaUIC&pg=PA474&lpg=PA474&dq=Gershwin+%22Rosalie%22&source=bl&ots=K0FEgoXfHp&sig=3nzbzyzvqA0Pze-3L_yzxgDxIXk&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Gershwin%20%22Rosalie%22&f=false "Chapter:George Gershwin"]''Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows of Broadway's Major Composers'' (4 ed.), Oxford University Press US, 2010, ISBN 0195314077, pp. 57, 68</ref> The set designer, [[Joseph Urban]], and costume designer, John Harkrider "devised elaborate stage pictures ranging from a public square...to a West Point ballroom to a Paris nightclub." [[Michel Fokine]] choreographed the second act ballet, and there was a chorus of 64.<ref name=pollack>Pollack, Howard. [http://books.google.com/books?id=RySwdc151ZoC&pg=PA420&lpg=PA420&dq=Gershwin+%22Rosalie%22&source=bl&ots=SISjEromNj&sig=eKK2B-Xafz_AB1SVoKjiAnfKROw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Gershwin%20%22Rosalie%22&f=false "'Rosalie'"] ''George Gershwin: His Life and Work'', University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0520248643, pp. 422, 425, accessed January 14, 2011</ref> The musical was a mixture of operetta and a 1920s musical.<ref name=hy>Hyland, William. [http://books.google.com/books?id=EoKvjKEsf0MC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Gershwin+%22Rosalie%22&source=bl&ots=lHT51ZbNZN&sig=BF7i7A4ZKHqRGNpnoBGropLxTGY&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Gershwin%20%22Rosalie%22&f=false "'Rosalie'"] ''George Gershwin: A New Biography'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 0275981118, p. 118</ref>

;Subsequent productions

''Rosalie'' was performed in many regional theatres, including the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]], [[Millburn, New Jersey]] in 1946 and 1948, and the [[St. Louis Municipal Opera]] (The Muny) six times between 1938 and 1960. These productions frequently used some [[Cole Porter]] songs from the film.<ref name=pollack/>

The New Amsterdam Theatre Company presented a staged concert in April 1983 at [[The Town Hall]] in New York City. The ''[[New York Times]]'' reviewer noted that, without its "lavish spectacle", the musical is "the giddiest of period operetta confections, buoyed by half a dozen memorable tunes." He further wrote that two of Gershwins' strongest songs, " 'Yankee Doodle Rhythm' and 'The Man I Love,' were cut from the show before it opened on Broadway."<ref>Holden, Stephen. [http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/21/theater/music-noted-in-brief-1928-musical-rosalie-in-concert-at-town-hall.html "Music Noted in Brief; 1928 Musical 'Rosalie' In Concert at Town Hall"] ''New York times'', April 21, 1983</ref>

==Synopsis==

In the kingdom of Romanza, the crowd assembles to await the arrival of the West Point Lieutenant Richard Fay, coming to visit a girl who he met in Paris. Mary O'Brien is waiting for her boyfriend, Bill, who she thinks is on the flight with Lt. Fay. When Dick and Rosalie meet, they realize they are in love {"Say So!"). Dick finds out that she is a Princess and he angrily leaves. King Cyril reluctantly goes to visit America to obtain a loan for his troubled country, accompanied by his daughter Princess Rosalie and the Queen.

Princess Rosalie visits West Point, but she is disguised. The cadets welcome the royal family ("West Point March"), and Dick and Rosalie continue their romantic relationship ("Oh Gee-Oh Joy"). However, Rosalie agrees to marry Captain Carl, whose father is a Prince, to keep Dick from being tried in court ("Kingdom of Dreams").

At a dance at West Point, Mary and Bill, who had been fighting, make up ("Ev'rybody Knows I Love Somebody"). Rosalie attends the dance, disguised as a cadet ("Follow the Drum"). Mary wonders about the feelings she has for Bill ("How Long Has This Been Going On?"). Dick and Rosalie return to Romanza and start a revolution so that her royal duties will no longer keep them apart. Exiled to Paris, Rosalie and a group of dancer perform ("The Ballet of the Flowers"), and King Cyril happily announces the engagement of Rosalie and Dick.

==Musical numbers==

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;Act I

* Here They Are

* Show Me the Town ±±

* Entrance of the Hussars

* Hussar March

* Say So!

* Let Me Be a Friend to You

* West Point Bugle

* West Point March

* Oh Gee-Oh Joy

* Say So! (reprise)

* Kingdom of Dreams

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;Act II

* New York Serenade

* The King Can Do No Wrong

* Everybody Knows

* Follow the Drums±±±

* [[How Long Has This Been Going On?]]±

* Setting-Up Exercises

* Oh Gee-Oh Joy (Reprise)

* (At) The Ex-Kings' Club

* The Goddesses of Crystal

* The Ballet of the Flowers

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± Originally used in ''[[Funny Face]]'' but was cut from that musical; ±± originally used in, and cut from, ''[[Oh, Kay!]]'';±±± added after opening, revised version of "Heaven on Earth" from ''Oh, Kay!''.<ref name=suskin/>

==Reception==

[[Brooks Atkinson]] wrote that Marilyn Miller was "engaging", but ''Rosalie'' "did not match her ''Sunny'' or the 'perfection' of ''Show Boat.''<ref name=hy/> [[Alexander Woollcott]] commented "The house holds its breath and in walks Marilyn Miller."<ref name=hy/>

==Film adaptation==

[[MGM]] produced a film version of the musical in 1937.<ref name=sond>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/rosalie.html "'Rosalie', Film Production, Cast, Synopsis"] sondheimguide.com, accessed January 14, 2011</ref> The film follows the story of the musical but replaces most of the score with new songs by [[Cole Porter]]. MGM's top tap dancer at the time, [[Eleanor Powell]], was cast as the princess opposite [[Nelson Eddy]] as Dick Thorpe (Lieutenant Fay in the musical). Morgan reprised his Broadway role as King Fredrick (King Cyril in the stage version). Also appearing in the film were [[Ray Bolger]] (Bill), [[Edna May Oliver]] (the Queen), [[Ilona Massey]] (Brenda) and [[Reginald Owen]] (Chancellor).<ref name=green>Green, Stanley; Schmidt, Elaine. [http://books.google.com/books?id=XD2xNKSN3E8C&pg=PA77&dq=%22Eleanor+Powell%22+Rosalie&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Eleanor%20Powell%22%20Rosalie&f=false "'Rosalie'"] ''Hollywood Musicals Year By Year'', Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, ISBN 0634007653, p. 77, accessed January 14, 2011</ref><ref name=tcm>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=1936 "'Rosalie' Cast, Crew, Production and Plot"] tcm.com, accessed January 15, 2011</ref> [[Marjorie Lane]] dubbed the singing voice for Powell.<ref>Taves, Brian. ''P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: screenwriting, satires, and adaptations'', McFarland, 2006, ISBN 0786422882, pp. 167-168</ref> In order to capitalize upon Powell's renown as a dancer, the film was retooled to allow her several showcase musical numbers.<ref name="Roar">{{citation|last1=Hay|first1=Peter|authorlink=Peter Hay|title=MGM: When the Lion Roars|year=1991|publisher=Turner Publishing, Inc.|location=Atlanta|isbn=1-878685-04-X|pages=144–145}}</ref> Songs included "[[In the Still of the Night (1937 song)|In the Still of the Night]]".<ref name=green/> The reviewer at ''allmovie.com'' called the film an "overproduced musical extravaganza", and noted that "The flimsy plot all but collapses under the weight of Gibbons' enormous sets and dance director David Gould's ditto choreography."<ref>Wollstein, Hans J. [http://www.allmovie.com/work/rosalie-42112 "'Rosalie'"] allmovie.com, accessed January 15, 2011</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

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