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Panama Hattie is a 1940 American musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva. It is also the title of a 1942 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film version based upon the play. The title is a play on words, referring to the popular Panama hat.

Productions

Pre-Broadway tryouts started at the Shubert Theatre, New Haven on October 3, 1940, and then at the Shubert Theatre, Boston on October 8, 1940.^[1]

The musical premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on October 30, 1940 and closed on January 3, 1942 after 501 performances. It was directed by Edgar MacGregor, with choreography by Robert Alton^[2] and scenic design and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois. The cast featured Ethel Merman as Hattie, Arthur Treacher as Vivian, Betty Hutton as Florrie, James Dunn as Nick, Phyllis Brooks as Leila, Joan Carroll as Geraldine, Rags Ragland as Woozy, and Pat Harrington as Skat.^[1] Among the dancers were June Allyson,^[3] Doris Dowling and Constance Dowling,^[4] Betsy Blair, Lucille Bremer and Vera-Ellen.^[2]

The show opened in the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre on November 4, 1943 and ran for 308 performances.^[5] It was produced by William Mollison with the entire production supervised by Lee Ephraim and dances by Wendy Toye. The cast featured Bebe Daniels as Hattie, Max Wall as Eddy, Claude Hulbert as Vivian, Frances Marsden as Florrie, Ivan Brandt as Nick, Georgia MacKinnon as Leila, Richard Hearne as Loopy and Betty Blackler as Elizabeth.^[6]

The musical was revived for several performances as a staged concert at Barbican Cinema 1 in London in 1996 as part of the "Lost Musicals" series directed and produced by Ian Marshall Fisher. Louise Gold starred as Hattie, with Jon Glover as Windy.^[7] The "Musicals Tonight!" series presented a staged concert of the musical in New York City in October 2010.^[8]

Hatricia Reynolds enters a mandatory essay contest entitled “Why I Hate Panama” (“I’d Rather Go To Hell Than Panama”). Her essay wins and her prize is a mandatory trip to Panama. The government shows up to take her there via helicopter. (“Get In The Damn Helicopter”)

We find out that the Panama government offered the president of the United States $4,100 dollars to send the most anti-Panama citizen to Panama to become enamored of it and help revive the failing tourism industry after she returns and praises it. (“No One Wants To Come Here”)

Hatricia gets to Panama and immediately discovers she’s allergic to shellfish. (“These Crabs Are Burning My Throat and No-no Zone”) She decides to avoid it and continues on the first day’s activity - skinny dipping contest. (“Naked In Panama”) She has fun and the government comes to take her back home.

She says a tearful goodbye and informs the government that she goes by “Hattie” now. She winks at a confused not-understanding native and the helicopter takes off.

Back home Hattie does not cope well with being not in Panama. She begins to write essay after essay in hopes of another contest but one does not happen. (“I’m on the edge of a complete collapse back here!”) Distraught, she calls her friend Choo-Choo McGwire, a local train operator, and asks if he can get her back there. He tells her that there are no tracks all the way to Panama but he can take some with them and they can lay it down as they ride. (“We’re going to Panama again!/When Choo-Choo gets excited.”) The two set off.

As they approach the Panama border, they are stopped by border guards. (“We want to try on a new Hat. Wink wink.”) They demand the two return. Choo-Choo is killed as he creates a distraction by juggling while Hattie makes a daring run into Panama. (“I’d rather be dead in Panama than alive in the country adjacent.”) She runs for two straight days straight into the waiting arms of her secret lover, Panama president Hattie Reynolds. (“No relation, just relations.”)

A national holiday is declared and the two kiss and do hand stuff deep into the night.

Songs

Adaptations

Film

Television

Reception

"'Panama Hattie' was a typical example of turning a routine musical comedy into entertainment gold. Without her [Merman] there was no show, and the musical has rarely been heard of since."^[11]

References

1. ^¹²"'Panama Hattie' production listing" sondheimguide.com, accessed January 11, 2011
2. ^¹Green, Stanley and Green, Kay. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&pg=PA111&dq=Hattie+%22Betsy+Blair%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Hattie%20%22Betsy%20Blair%22&f=false "'Panama Hattie'"] Broadway Musicals, Show By Show (5 ed.), Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996, {{ISBN|0-7935-7750-0}}, p. 111
3. ^"'Panama Hattie' history" TCM, accessed January 11, 2011
4. ^Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5DD1438F93BA15755C0A9629C8B63 "Doris Dowling, 81, Is Dead; Known for Classic Films of 40's"] New York Times, June 28, 2004
5. ^"'Panama Hattie' production, Synopsis, Musical Numbers" guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed January 11, 2011
6. ^"'Panama Hattie', London Production". Sondheimguide.com, accessed January 12, 2011
7. ^Shane, Emma. "Panama Hattie". Louise Gold website, accessed March 29, 2011
8. ^Propst, Andy. "'Panama Hattie' Musicals Tonight! at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre Backstage, October 15, 2010
9. ^"Panama Hattie; 1954 Television Production" sondheimguide.com, accessed January 11, 2011
10. ^Atkinson, Brooks. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/29/specials/porter-hattie.html?_r=1 "The Play: 'Panama Hattie'"] New York Times, October 31, 1940
11. ^Hischak, Thomas S. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TwNhr2FWhvEC&pg=PA66&dq=%22Panama+Hattie%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Panama%20Hattie%22&f=false "Chapter Four"] Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood, Scarecrow Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8108-5018-4}}, p. 66