As Thousands Cheer
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As Thousands Cheer is a Broadway revue that opened September 30, 1933, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Moss Hart. It ran for 400 performances at the Music Box Theatre.
The show starred Helen Broderick, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb and included Ethel Waters and was loosely based on the news and the people of the day, such as Joan Crawford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Noel Coward, Josephine Baker, Aimee Semple McPherson.
Some of the songs from the show are:
- “How’s Chances”
- “The Funnies”
- “Easter Parade”
- “Harlem on my Mind”
- “Heat Wave”
- “Lonely Heart”
- “Not for All the Rice in China”
- “Supper Time”
