One Touch of VenusModern art collector Whitelaw Savory unearths a long-lost statue of Venus of Anatolia and is thrilled to display her in his New York museum. But when a naïve young barber named Rodney unwittingly brings the statue to life, Venus fixes her affections on him and pursues him all over New York. Rodney's shrewish fiancée doesn't like this one bit, and Savory will do anything-including framing Rodney for murder-to recover his beloved statue. Rodney keeps trying to set things right, and poor Venus can't understand why he doesn't respond to her seductions. After a series of comic setups and mix ups involving a couple of thugs, a nagging mother, a wisecracking secretary, some ancient Anatolians and a good dose of Olympian magic, earthly order is restored and new love found. |
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ACT ONE Scene ACT TWO Scene ANATOLIANS barber chair barbershop Belle Elmore BUS STARTER cell cellar chilblain CURTAIN ACT dachshund darling dear Doctor Crippen Dreamy Ethel Le Neve exits eyes feel felon's grave Gloria Kramer going Golly hand Hawley Harvey Crippen Hays office Hello Here's to Doctor Jersey kiss KURT WEILL land we proudly little touch MARY MARTIN minute MOATS MOLLY Entering never nice OGDEN NASH Ozone Heights picks POLICEMAN Poor foolish heart proudly hail ring Rodney Hatch RODNEY Rising RODNEY Taking Rook S. J. PERELMAN sailor's sweetheart SAVORY and MOLLY SAVORY and RODNEY Savory's SONG soon speak love Speak low STANLEY stole STUDENTS TAXI BLACK tell Titian touch of Venus trouble with women turns VENUS enters VOICE wait waiter hates West Wind What's the matter Where's the statue Whitelaw Savory woman wonderful wooden wedding Yippi-Yi ZUVETLI