Chee-Chee (musical)

Chee-Chee is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart based on the 1927 book, The Son of the Grand Eunuch, by Charles Pettit.

Chee-Chee opened on Broadway September 25, 1928, and the show closed after 31 performances.

[2][3] In 1963 vocalist Betty Comden released an album that included some of the songs from the musical.

[4][5] In 1928 Herbert Fields wrote a libretto based on Pettit's book in which the son of the Grand Eunuch, Li-Pi, and his wife, Chee-Chee, are forced into exile when the Grand Eunuch announces his plan for Li-Pi to become a eunuch and take his father's place as the Grand Eunuch.

Chee-Chee is captured and rescued, and Li-Pi is captured and rescued, and finally the musical ends happily.