1947 "LOUISIANA PURCHASE" SOUVENIR PROGRAM GAXTON/ZORINA  S.F. CIVIC LIGHT OPERA

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"LOUISIANA PURCHASE" SOUVENIR PROGRAM
GAXTON/ZORINA S.F. CIVIC LIGHT OPERA 1947.
24 pages
12" x 9" (when closed)
Good Condition--
b
ackside has paper stuck to it as it came from scrapbook
--see photo.
Plus, paybill/broadside
-- contains list of acts/cast/songs--two sided.
16 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Good Condition--fold in middle
This is a rare souvenir program from the  touring production of the Irving Berlin  and Morrie Ryskind
musical comedy "LOUISIANA PURCHASE" which played at the Curran Theatre in  San Francisco in 1947.
The musical starred William Gaxton, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore and Irene Bordoni.
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin ("The Cocoanuts", "Music Box Revues", "As Thousands Cheer",
"This is the Army", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Miss Liberty", "Call Me Madam", "Mr. President")
Book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. De Sylva