Characters
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- Peggy Sawyer – Nervous but enthusiastic new chorus girl from Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Dorothy Brock – Past her prime Prima Donna, renowned for inability to dance
- Julian Marsh – Famous, but notorious, director
- Billy Lawlor – Leading tenor in Pretty Lady
- Pat Denning – Dorothy's former stage manager and romantic partner
- Andy Lee – Choreographer/Dance Director
- Bert Barry and Maggie Jones – Producers and writers of Pretty Lady
- Abner Dillon – Producer of "Pretty Lady"; Dorothy's "Sugar Daddy" and Texan admirer
- Oscar – Onstage rehearsal pianist for the show "Pretty Lady"
- Mac – Stage Manager
- Ann Reilly (“Anytime Annie”), Lorraine Flemming, Phyllis Dale, and Gladys – Experienced chorus girls who help Peggy
- Doctor
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