Tags: Musical.
Bright Lights of 1944 was a 1943 Broadway musical revue with music composed by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David. It opened at the Forrest Theatre where it played for a total of four performances. The cast featured James Barton Buddy Clark and the vaudeville team Smith and Dale.Act one is set in Sardi’s a New York City Theater District restaurant where two producers are planning a show. Renee Carroll an actual hat check girl at Sardi’s played herself in the musical.