Sunny (musical)

The musical premiered on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22, 1925, where it was produced by Charles Dillingham and directed by Hassard Short, with scenic and costume design by James Reynolds.

The cast included Marilyn Miller as Sunny, Jack Donahue as Jim Deering, Clifton Webb as Harold Harcourt Wendell-Wendell, Mary Hay as "Weenie" Winters, Louis Harrison as the First Mate, Joseph Cawthorn, Paul Frawley as Tom Warren, Cliff Edwards, Pert KeMoss & Fontana, Esther Howard as Sue Warren, Dorothy Francis, and the George Olsen Orchestra.

[6][7] This musical comedy was so popular in the UK that two separate companies of actors toured it simultaneously in the provinces; Lee Ephraim's company—starring Felice Lascelles as Sunny and Max Kirby, then Eric Fawcett, as Jim Demming—did so for nearly three years, opening in Margate on July 4, 1927[8] and closing in Ilford on May 31, 1930.

[9] Another production of Sunny opened at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, Australia, in March 1927;[10] it was produced by Ernest C. Rolls and starred the British performers Fred Bluett, Wyn Richmond, and Queenie Ashton, as well as the American Beatrice Kay.

[11] Note: The song list below is from the most common version of the show currently performed and excludes all specialties, cut numbers, and those added for other major productions.

The Sunny audience. Empire Theatre, Sydney, Australia, March 1927. Photo by Sam Hood .
L-R: Paul Hartman , Anna Neagle , and Ray Bolger in the 1941 film adaptation
Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), in a show-within-a-show performance from the musical Sunny .
Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller singing " Who? " from Sunny in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)