Poor Little Ritz Girl (1920) is the second virtual production by Where The Good Songs Go, a new web series.

Poor Little Ritz Girl was Rodgers and Hart's first Broadway Musical. Although, before making it to Broadway, half of Rodgers and Hart's score was tossed out and replaced with music by Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber. In this video, you will hear the show with all of Rodgers and Hart's available music restored for the first time in a century!

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The series will also feature virtual productions of Gershwin’s A Dangerous Maid, and Sissle and Blake’s Elsie. Check out our previous two videos exploring Jerome Kern's Nobody Home. All of these shows, which originally premiered from 1915-1923, have rarely been performed since and our productions will be the first compiled recordings available.

List of Musical Numbers
00:00 - Pre-Show Lecture (Part 1)
03:51 - "Any Old Place With You"
06:05 - Pre-Show Lecture (Part 2)
12:08 - Act One Begins
15:13 - "Mary, Queen of Scots"
18:42 - "Lady Raffles - Behave"
22:37 - "Let Me Drink In Your Eyes"
25:23 - "Will You Forgive Me?"
30:24 - Act Two Begins
31:52 - "You Can't Fool Your Dreams"
36:26 - "Love Will Call"
40:20 - "Love's Intense in Tents"
45:28 - Credits

Cast:
Billy Pembroke - Spencer Reese
Barbara Arden - Hannah Holmes
Dorothy Arden - Sadie Spivey
Dr. Russell Stevens - Kyle Yampiro
Chorus - Lauren Nash Silberstein, Yvonne Trobe, Sophie Thompson, and Aidan Smerud

Artistic Director - Ian Silverman
Co-Creators - Steve Daigle and Ian Silverman
Musical Director/Pianist - Spencer Reese
Video Editor - Ian Silverman
Artistic Advisor - Michael Miller, Operetta Foundation