Combine the greatest show tunes of George M.  Cohan with a sparkling story and you have the most entertaining, charming, toe-tapping musical of the season.

Dick Foster is opening a Broadway show but is having problems with both money and his leading lady.  Enter Mary Collins, an aspiring actress from New Rochelle, plus ’Legs’ Ruby, a Damon Runyon-type bookie who is on the run from the mob.  Just as all appears lost, a financial ’angel’ appears with the money to do the show, and Mary gets her big chance at stardom.

The play is filled with fascinating character roles, including the ’Donald O’Connor-type’ pianist, Betty, the Virginia belle in the chorus, along with a bevy of chorus girls, gangsters and other assorted characters.  The set, mostly on an empty stage, is a snap.  The Cohan songs are among his most memorable:  ’Give My Regards To Broadway,’ ’You’re A Grand Old Flag,’ ’Mary’s A Grand Old Name’ and many more.  And the cast is flexible with room for an additional chorus of any size, plus optional choreography if desired.  Here’s a show in the true tradition of 42nd Street and the great Broadway musicals — an audience pleaser for sure.