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Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. [1] The song " Almost Like Being in Love ", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years.
Brigadoon is a 1954 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film, made in CinemaScope and color by Ansco, based on the 1947 Broadway musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. [4] The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and stars Gene Kelly , Van Johnson , and Cyd Charisse . [ 5 ]
Brigadoon is a 1966 American television film based on the 1947 musical Brigadoon. [1] Plot. Two American friends, Tommy and Jeff, are stranded in Scotland when their ...
BRIGADOON: marin & μελαν (BRIGADOON まりんとメラン, Burigadōn Marin to Meran) is a Japanese anime television series animated by Sunrise. It aired on Wowow from July 21, 2000 to February 9, 2001 and a manga adaptation by Nozomi Watase was published by Kadokawa. The story takes place in Japan in 1969 and it is about an orphan girl ...
Lerner and Loewe, c. 1962 Lerner and Loewe is the partnership between lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. [1] Spanning three decades and nine musicals from 1942 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1972, the pair are known for being behind the creation of critical on stage successes such as My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, and Camelot along with the musical film Gigi.
Frederick Loewe (/ l oʊ / LOH; [1] born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe, [2] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fʁɪts ˈløːvə]; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988 [3]) was an American composer.He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into films, as well as the original film ...
The word brig is Scots for "bridge", hence the Brig o' Doon is the "Bridge of Doon". [2]The bridge is thought to have been built in the early fifteenth century. According to John R. Hume, the bridge was built by James Kennedy, who died in 1465, but the first recorded mention was in 1512. [3]
The year Bell spent performing in Brigadoon, which ran for 581 shows over 18 months, was the extent of her Broadway career, [2] although she was floated as the possible female lead for Kiss Me, Kate. [8] During the war, Bell had entertained troops from the Normandy and Africa campaigns who were recovering at the hospital in Waco, Texas.