I'll Say She Is

I'll Say She Is
Music	Tom Johnstone
Lyrics	Will B. Johnstone
Book	Will B. Johnstone
Productions	1924 Broadway 2014 New York International Fringe Festival 2016 Off-Broadway

1924 Broadway

2014 New York International Fringe Festival

I'll Say She Is (1924) is a musical comedy revue written by brothers Will B. Johnstone (book and lyrics) and Tom Johnstone (music). It was the Broadway debut of the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo). A revival of I'll Say She Is, as "adapted and expanded" by Noah Diamond, was seen Off Broadway at the Connelly Theater in 2016.

I'll Say She Is led to the Marxes' rise out of vaudeville into stardom in the Broadway theatre and later in motion pictures, and came at a time when they had gotten themselves effectively banned from the major vaudeville circuits owing to a dispute with E. F. Albee, and had failed in an attempt to produce their own shows on the alternate Shubert circuit.

The show included some Marx Brothers routines and musical specialties from their years in vaudeville, incorporated into a thin narrative about a rich girl looking for thrills, as presented to her by a succession of male suitors. The libretto and lyrics were written by Will B. Johnstone, who later co-wrote the classic Marx Brothers films Monkey Business (1931) and Horse Feathers (1932), with music by his brother, Tom Johnstone. The comedic high point was a long sketch featuring Groucho as Napoleon, which the Brothers regarded as the funniest thing they ever did. After touring for almost a year, the show opened on Broadway on May 19, 1924 at the Casino Theatre. It closed on February 7, 1925 after 313 performances.

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