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1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey.The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.
The Broadway production was also praised by critics, which defined the musical one of the best stage adaptation from a film. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In a positive review, Benjamin Lee of The Guardian stated that "after a buzzy initial run in Chicago, Death Becomes Her has been reborn on Broadway as a rousing, raucously entertaining hit ...
Grumpy Old Men: The Musical is a stage musical with book by Dan Remmes songs composed by Neil Berg and lyrics by Nick Meglin. The music was orchestrated by Larry Hochman with additional orchestrations by Phil Reno. It is based on the 1993 Warner Bros. film Grumpy Old Men by Mark Steven Johnson which starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann ...
They're Playing Our Song: 1979 Broadway: Marvin Hamlisch: Carole Bayer Sager: Neil Simon: The Thing About Men: 2003 Off-Broadway: Jimmy Roberts: Joe DiPietro: DiPietro Thoroughly Modern Millie + film (1967) 2002 Broadway: Jeanine Tesori: Dick Scanlan: Richard Morris and Scanlan Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "Thoroughly ...
Jekyll & Hyde is a successful 1990 musical based on the 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.Originally conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, it features music by Frank Wildhorn, a book by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by all of them.
On September 29, 1983, Bennett and 332 A Chorus Line veterans gathered to celebrate the musical becoming the longest-running show in Broadway history. [19] Up to February 19, 1990, A Chorus Line had generated $146 million from its Broadway gross and $277 million in total U.S. grosses [20] and had 6.5 million Broadway attendees. [21]
Simon insisted that the music be written first, with the lyrics set to the songs. [2] Eventually the two completed the play, with music composed by Simon and lyrics "about 50–50 Simon-Walcott." [2] Simon assembled a band and spent almost five years and $1 million recording the songs. This was an unorthodox approach to constructing a Broadway ...