Muny Archive
Irene
Music: Harry Tierney
Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy
Book: Hugh Wheeler and Joseph Stein
Notes:
Production Year: 1949
Synopsis:
Irene O’Dare, a girl from the New York tenements, is introduced to high society when she is asked by her employer to calm a dissatisfied customer, Donald Marshall. Donald persuades Irene to accept a position with Madam Lucy, a male dressmaker. Wearing creations by Lucy, Irene becomes the sensation of society, and all ends well when Marshall and Irene become man and wife.
