Description: Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland. 17 Principal roles, plus singers and extras (doubling possible). Var. sets. Whether performed with elaborate scenery or on a simple scale, this brilliantly comic musical appeals to audiences everywhere. The story concerns the efforts of a flamboyant theatrical impresario to persuade a film star to appear in his next production and to outwit rival producers and creditors while getting rid of a religious nut and the film star's boyfriend. And, he must do all this before the 20th Century Ltd. reaches NYC!