Synopsis
When librettist Alan Kimbrough hears a haunting melody drifting from
his neighbor’s apartment, he becomes obsessed. On the hunt for a
collaborator, “Kim” insists on meeting the man who wrote the
composition. Delight in Ruth and Kim’s repartee as they raise eyebrows
and match wits in a battle of the sexes that was ahead of its time. Will
they make beautiful music together?
The Only Girl is a musical comedy in three acts with book and lyrics by Henry Blossom and music by Victor Herbert. It opened at the 39th Street Theatre, New York, on November 2, 1914 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre two weeks later.