Sunny

Sunny (1925), a musical comedy by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein (book, lyrics), Jerome Kern (music). [ New Amsterdam Theatre, 517 perf.] Sunny Peters (Marilyn Miller) is an American circus performer working in England, where she meets and falls in love with fellow American Tom Warren (Paul Frawley). When Tom has to return to the States, Sunny decides to follow him but realizes she cannot afford the fare. Her ex‐husband, the circus owner Jim Deming (Jack Donahue), suggests they remarry, sail back together, then get a divorce. Sunny prefers to stow away. She is caught, but everything ends happily. Notable songs: D'ye Love Me?; Sunny; Who? One of the best and most successful 1920s musical comedies, the Charles Dillingham production marked Kern's first association with Harbach and Hammerstein, who would become his principal collaborators.