Leave It to Jane

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Leave It to Jane is a 1917 American musical comedy with music by Jerome Kern that helped define the early style of the modern musical.

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Leave It to Jane canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical comedy
stage musical
basedOn The College Widow
basedOnWorkBy George Ade
bookBy Guy Bolton
composer Jerome Kern
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre musical comedy
hasInfluenceOn development of the modern book musical
hasPart song "Cleopatterer"
song "Leave It to Jane"
song "Red, Red Rose"
song "The College Widow"
song "The Crickets Are Calling"
song "The Siren’s Song"
song "The Sun Shines Brighter"
hasSubject campus life
college football rivalry
romantic comedy
inception 1917
lyricist P. G. Wodehouse
musicStyle early 20th-century American musical theatre
narrativeFocus romantic and collegiate life at a small college
notableFor helping define the early style of the modern musical
originalLanguage English
partOf early Jerome Kern–Bolton–Wodehouse collaborations
periodOfWork early 20th century
placeOfFirstPerformance United States of America
surface form: United States
productionStyle intimate musical
setting a Midwestern American college town
theatricalTradition The Princess Theatre musicals
surface form: Princess Theatre musical

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Jerome Kern notableWork Leave It to Jane
Guy Bolton notableWork Leave It to Jane