Editing Whoopee! (section)

==Productions==
''Whoopee!'' opened on Broadway at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on December 4, 1928, and closed on November 23, 1929, after 407 performances. It was produced by [[Florenz Ziegfeld]], directed by [[Seymour Felix]], dialogue staged by [[William Anthony McGuire]], and dances and ensembles staged by Seymour Felix. The musical starred [[Eddie Cantor]] as Henry Williams, Ruth Etting as Leslie Daw, [[Frances Upton]] as Sally Morgan, Jack Rutherford as Bob Wells, Paul Gregory as Wanenis and [[Ethel Shutta]] as Mary (replacing [[Ruby Keeler]]), and featured [[Buddy Ebsen]] and [[Paulette Goddard]] in the chorus.  George Olsen (Ethel Shutta's husband) and His Orchestra provided the music for both the stage production and the movie.

Donald J. Stubblebine reports, "It was still going strong after six months but [[Sam Goldwyn]], who bought the rights, closed it down to make the movie with Cantor."<ref>Donald J. Stubblebine, ''Broadway Sheet Music'', McFarland & Company, 1996, p. 302.</ref> ''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]]'' was filmed in [[1930 in film|1930]] as a [[musical comedy]] [[film]]. Although the plot followed the stage version closely, much of the music was changed.

=== 1979 Revival ===
A revival, based on a [[Goodspeed Opera House]] production, was presented at the [[ANTA Playhouse]] from February 14, 1979, to August 12, 1979, for 204 performances and 8 previews. Directed by [[Frank Corsaro]] with choreography by Dan Siretta, the cast featured [[Charles Repole]] (Henry Williams) Beth Austin (Sally Morgan),  Carol Swarbrick (Mary) and [[Susan Stroman]] (Leslie Daw). This revival added Kahn/Donaldson songs not in the original 1928 show: [[My Baby Just Cares for Me|"My Baby Just Cares For Me"]] (from the 1930 film version), [[Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)|"Yes, Sir, That's My Baby"]], and "You" (lyrics by [[Harold Adamson]]). Also, "Love Me or Leave Me" is sung by Mary and Henry rather than the essentially unrelated Leslie.