Editing High Button Shoes (section)

==History==
Many involved with ''High Button Shoes'' were Broadway first-timers or relatively unknown, except for the director, [[George Abbott]].  The creative team, composer [[Jule Styne]], lyricist [[Sammy Cahn]] and writer [[Stephen Longstreet]] had worked in Hollywood, as had the producers Monte Proser and Joseph Kipness (who had also produced several short-lived Broadway shows) and actors [[Phil Silvers]], who was known for his on-screen con-man persona, and [[Nanette Fabray]]. The designers [[Oliver Smith (designer)|Oliver Smith]] and [[Miles White]] and choreographer [[Jerome Robbins]] were all Broadway veterans.  Rumors circulated that the book by Longstreet was "hopeless" and that Abbott and Silvers were "heavily rewriting" it.  The [[Shuberts Organization|Shuberts]], involved because the show was to play in one of their theaters, approved an increase in Abbott's percentage to include author's royalties.<ref>Mordden, Ethan (1999). ''Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s''. Oxford University Press US. {{ISBN|0-19-512851-6}}, pp. 205, 221</ref>  Historian [[Ken Mandelbaum]] agrees that the show's book was originally by Longstreet but that it was extensively rewritten by Abbott.<ref>Mandelbaum, Ken. [http://www.broadway.com/buzz/10795/cds-papa-wont-you-dance-with-me/ "CDs: Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?"] broadway.com, March 30, 2005, retrieved June 7, 2010</ref>