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The original Broadway production played in 1961–62. [ 3 ] The musical was inspired by an article about subway homelessness in the March 1956 issue of Harper's magazine and a subsequent 1957 book based on it, both by Edmund G. Love , who slept on subway trains throughout the 1950s and encountered many unique individuals.
Franklin's single was not only the most successful song from the stage production, but also the most successful of any Broadway song that season among 14 new shows. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For the stage performance New York reviews, including Time magazine, Plays and Players and The Outer Circle , commented favorably both on Franklin and her performance of ...
High Society premiered at the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco in an out-of-town tryout on September 4, 1997 and ran through October 5, 1997. [2] The musical began previews on Broadway on March 31, 1998 and officially opened on April 27, 1998 at the St. James Theatre. High Society closed on August 30, 1998 after 144 performances. [3]
Selected songs from the musical were given jazz re-arrangements for a live performance by the Broadway cast at Feinstein's/54 Below; the recording was released on June 6, 2016, as the album Frank Wildhorn and Friends: Bonnie & Clyde and a Whole Lotta Jazz. [40] The West End cast album was released on July 28, 2023. [41]
It certainly is Spears’ moment on Broadway, since many of her hits are also in “& Juliet” — a jukebox musical now on Broadway that celebrates one of her writing partners and producers, Max ...
If/Then began previews on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 5, 2014, opened on March 30, 2014, and closed on March 22, 2015, a total of 401 performances and 29 previews. The cast recording was released by Masterworks Broadway on June 3, 2014, [ 2 ] and debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 , the highest-charting Broadway cast ...
Seesaw is a 1973 American musical with a book by Michael Bennett, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.. Based on the William Gibson play Two for the Seesaw, the plot focuses on a brief affair between Jerry Ryan, a young lawyer from Nebraska, and Gittel Mosca, a kooky, streetwise dancer from the Bronx.
Best Foot Forward is a 1941 musical with songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and a book by John Cecil Holm.Produced by George Abbott, the production opened on Broadway on October 1, 1941, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre after an out-of-town tryout, where it ran for 326 performances.