Show Synopsis:
Seymour Fleming is running the apprentices of the Surf and Sand Playhouse into the ground, but they want to raise money with their own revue so that the playhouse's kind co-owner Bunny can pay Seymour the money her father owed him. Terry and Gus have recently broken up and Terry is trying to seduce the playwright Lee. Susie is pining for Val, who has fallen in love with Jennifer, whose stage mother Phyllis disapproves of the romance. Phyllis gets the apprentices' revue cancelled, but they vow to fight back. They lock Lee in a cellar, but he escapes after he hears that Jennifer is planning faking sick to avoid acting in his play, and goes to tell Seymour. Seymour announces that a famous producer named Steve Edwards is coming to see Lee's play, and both Susie and Terry go to his hotel room to see him - Susie because Steve is her brother and Terry because she wants to seduce him to advance her career. Gus gets Terry to leave and Val gets angry at Susie, not knowing that Susie and Steve are related. The apprentices intentionally mess up much of Lee's play so that they can start performing their revue for Steve, and he gives Bunny the money she needs to own the playhouse herself without Fleming. Val and Susie reconcile, as do Gus and Terry.	

Character:
Terry Thompson, a sexy apprentice who dreams of stardom; tries to be more mature than she is and acts rather impulsively; Gus Fielding, a clumsy apprentice who is frustrated with Terry's hot-and-cold actions towards him.

Song Context:
Gus and Terry are frustrated with each other, because they care for each other but cannot seem to make their relationship work. They agree that being miserable together was more enjoyable than being happy a part.	

Fun Facts:
1) This musical was the basis of the famous 1948 Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney film Babes in Arms, which also focuses on a group of kids trying to put on a revue. 
2) This musical was considered innovative because it focused on and celebrated a group of young performers with futures in show business. 
3) The role of Terry was not written until the musical was rewritten into a few different versions in 1959.