In watching "Shall We Dance" one can imagine George and Ira Gershwin sitting behind the director, Mark Sandrich, watching their old friend Fred Astaire going through his paces with Ginger with a group of inspired numbers and now classics. Although the movies were lucrative to the Gershwins, not having a show play every night on Broadway added to their downtime (not to mention more parties). Actually, "Shall We Dance" is regarded as 'light weight' Astaire/Rogers as compared to "Swing Time", but the songs are as memorable, even though the story line is weaker. This is a fun show with Fred and Ginger at the top of their form. Fred was to make another Gershwin musical that year (Damsel in Distress) but without Rogers, so this is the Gershwin musical to see first.
Review of Shall We Dance
