Contributed significant additional musical material for The Little Show (1929), which debuted on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on April 30th. Sketches written by
George S. Kaufman, Marya Mannes,
Fred Allen, Lew Levinson,
Howard Dietz, Henry Myers, Charlotte Kent, Henry Ruskin. Songs principally by
Howard Dietz and
Arthur Schwartz. Other contributors included Frank Gray, Kay Swift, Henry Sullivan, 'Earle Crooker', Grace Henry, Morris Hamilton, and Herman Hupfeld. Directed by
Dwight Wiman and
Alexander Leftwich. Dances by
Daniel Dare. Cast:
Fred Allen,
Libby Holman,
Clifton Webb,
Erik Rhodes,
Portland Hoffa,
Constance Cummings, Peggy Conklin with duo-piano accompaniment by
Adam Carroll and
Ralph Rainger. Note: This show was one of the biggest hits of the 1929 Broadway season and launched Clifton Webb and Libby Holman into top-ranked stars. Songs included "Moanin' Low" (sung by Miss Holman, becoming one of her earliest trademark torch songs).