Top Hat
Author(s):
Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, based on RKO’s motion picture, adapted for the stage by Matthew White & Howard Jacques
There may be trouble ahead,
But while there’s moonlight, and music,
And love, and romance…
Let’s face the music and dance
When Broadway star Jerry Travers arrives in London to open a new show, he crosses paths with model Dale Tremont, whose beauty sleep is rudely interrupted by Jerry tap dancing in the hotel suite above hers.
Instantly smitten, Jerry vows to abandon his bachelor life to win her—but the path of true love never does run smooth. Especially since Dale has mistaken Jerry for his hapless producer Horace, who’s trying to avoid the wrath of his formidable wife Madge, and Dale’s own fiery Italian admirer is planning a trip to Venice for her to showcase his couture gowns…