Tip-Toes
| Tip-Toes | |
|---|---|
2001 studio cast recording | |
| Music | George Gershwin |
| Lyrics | Ira Gershwin |
| Book | Guy Bolton Fred Thompson |
| Productions | 1925 Broadway 2007 Sherman Oaks, California |
Tip-Toes is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. It centers on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes, her brother and her uncle, who try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband. Farcical complications ensue involving Tip-Toes' temporary amnesia and a marital infidelity subplot.
The musical was modestly successful on Broadway in 1925 and in London in 1926. It was quickly adapted as a silent film starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers.