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{{Short description|Musical revue}}
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|name= Keep Off The Grass
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|image= Keep Off The Grass.jpg
|caption= Sheet music cover (cropped)
|music= [[Jimmy McHugh]]
|lyrics= [[Al Dubin]] and [[Howard Dietz]]
|sketches= Mort Lewis, [[Parke Levy]], [[Alan Lipscott]], [[S. Jay Kaufman]], and Panama & Frank
|productions= 1940 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
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'''''Keep Off the Grass''''' is a musical [[revue]] with sketches by Mort Lewis, [[Parke Levy]], [[Alan Lipscott]], [[S. Jay Kaufman]], and Panama & Frank, lyrics by [[Al Dubin]] and [[Howard Dietz]], and music by [[Jimmy McHugh]].  The choreography was by [[George Balanchine]].
Produced by [[Lee Shubert]] and [[J. J. Shubert]], the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production, opened on May 23, 1940 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for a total of 44 performances. The cast included [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Ray Bolger]], [[Jane Froman]], [[Virginia O'Brien]], [[Emmett Kelly]] and [[Ilka Chase]].  O'Brien recorded four of the songs for [[Columbia Records]] in 1940 and they are included as bonus tracks on her CD "Virginia O'Brien Salutes the Great MGM Musicals".
==Songs==
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* The Cabby's Serenade
* This Is Spring
* Crazy  as a Loon
* A Fugitive from Esquire (lyrics by Howard Dietz)
* I'll Applaud (You) With My Feet
* Two in a Taxi (lyrics by Howard Dietz)
* Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley (lyrics by Howard Dietz)
* A Latin Tune, a Manhattan Moon, and You
* Clear Out of This World
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* Look Out for My Heart
* (I'm an) Old Jitterbug
* I'm in the Mood
* Raffles (music by [[Vernon Duke]])
* On the Old Park Bench (lyrics by Howard Dietz)
* This is Winter
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==Other uses==
"Keep off the Grass" was an unreleased song by [[Big Audio Dynamite]] in the 1980s.
"Keep off the Grass" was a ragtime piece played by James P. Johnson in the 1920s.
==External links==
* {{ibdb show|id=12988|title=Keep Off The Grass}}
*http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3330719,00.html
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[[Category:1940 musicals]]
[[Category:Broadway musicals]]
[[Category:Revues]]
[[Category:Musicals choreographed by George Balanchine]]
[[Category:Musicals by Howard Dietz]]
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