A former vaudevillian, now working as a music professor, convinces the Russian Ballet director to stage his student’s jazz ballet, ultimately performing the lead in the ballet and arousing the jealousy of the prima ballerina’s boyfriend — as well as the disappointment of the female music student who loves him.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Two a Day for Keith………..Phil Dolan II, Lil Dolan, Junior Questions and Answers (The Three B’s)……Junior, Chorus It’s Got To Be Love………….Junior, Frankie Frayne Too Good for the Average Man……..Peggy Porterfield, Sergei Alexandrovitch There’s a Small Hotel………………….Frankie Frayne, Junior The Heart Is Quicker than the Eye………………………………Peggy Porterfield, Junior Princess Zenobia Ballet (Dance)…………Orchestra
Act Two
The Heart is Quicker than the Eye…Peggy, Junior Quiet Night………………………………………….Students Glad to Be Unhappy……………………………….Frankie On Your Toes………………………….Frankie, Students Slaughter on Tenth Avenue………………..Orchestra