Tip-Toes

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"Tip-Toes" is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. The story takes place in the small Florida town of Alligator, where the Tip-Toes dancing troupe arrives to perform at the local hotel. When they learn that their manager has absconded with their money, they're left stranded and destitute. The three Dolly sisters, who are in the troupe, become involved with the rich but lonely Easterner, Horace J. Fletcher, who is vacationing in Alligator with his friend, the novelist, Ladislaw Walichiewicz. Horace falls in love with the youngest Dolly sister, Sylvia, but she thinks he only loves her because she's part of a dancing troupe.

Meanwhile, the local moonshiners, led by their boss, Popsy, have decided to kidnap Walichiewicz in order to use him to convince a young millionaire, Cosmo Constantine, to invest in their operation. But when the kidnappers mistakenly take Horace instead, the situation becomes increasingly complicated. In the end, Horace and Sylvia are able to admit their love for each other, the moonshiners are foiled, and the Tip-Toes troupe is saved from ruin. The show features several classic Gershwin songs, including "Sweet and Low Down," "That Certain Feeling," and "Looking for a Boy."