Editing Whoopee! (section)

{{Short description|1928 musical comedy}}
{{Other uses|Whoopee (disambiguation){{!}}Whoopee}}

{{Infobox Musical
| name = Whoopee!
| subtitle = 
| image = Whoopee musical revival poster.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = {{plainlist|
*Poster for the 1979 Broadway revival.
*Illustration by [[Hilary Knight (illustrator)|Hilary Knight]]
}}
| music = [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
| lyrics = [[Gus Kahn]]
| book = [[William Anthony McGuire]]
| basis = [[Owen Davis]]'s play <br> ''[[The Nervous Wreck]]''
| productions = 1928 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] <br> 1979 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[revival (theatre)|revival]]
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'''''Whoopee!''''' is a 1928 [[musical theatre|musical comedy]] play with a [[Book (musical theater)|book]] based on Owen Davis's play, ''The Nervous Wreck.'' The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1928, starring [[Eddie Cantor]], and introduced the hit song "[[Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)|Love Me or Leave Me]]", sung by [[Ruth Etting]].<ref>{{cite web |title=''Whoopee!'' information |url=http://www.ruthetting.com/broadway/whoopee.asp |website=ruthetting.com |access-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203142235/http://www.ruthetting.com/broadway/whoopee.asp |archive-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref> A [[Whoopee! (film)|film version]] opened in [[1930 in film|1930]].