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Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II Opened: 1945 Broadway Based on: Lillom (Ferenc Molnár) Main Characters: Billy Bigelow, Julie Jordan, Carrie Pipperidge, Enoch Snow Other works: Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific, State Fair |
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My Fair Lady
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Music: Frederick Loewe
Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner Opened: 1956 Broadway Based on: Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw) Main Characters: Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, Alfred P. Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Freddy Eynsford-Hill Other works: Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Gigi |
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Finian's Rainbow
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Music: Burton Lane
Lyrics: Edgar Yipsel Harburg Book: Edgar Yipsel Harburg/Fred Saidy Opened: 1947 Broadway Based on: Original Main Characters: Finian McLonergan, Sharon McLonergan, Og, Susan Mahoney, Woody, Senator Rawkins Synopsis: A combination of whimsy, romance, and political satire, the plot revolves around Finian McLonergan, who has emigrated from Ireland to the town of Rainbow Valley in the mythical state of Missitucky with his daughter Sharon, intent on burying a stolen pot of gold in the shadows of Fort Knox, in the belief it will grow and multiply. Hot on their heels is Og, a leprechaun intent on recovering his treasure, before the loss of it turns him permanently human. Complicating matters are a corrupt senator who makes no effort to conceal his racial bigotry and the wishes made by those unknowingly in the vicinity of the hidden crock, including Sharon, who gives the senator a taste of his own hateful medicine by accidentally turning him black (temporarily). In the ultimate happy ending, Sharon marries the handsome, cocky young Woody Mahoney; and Woody's mute sister, "Susan the Silent", acquires the power of speech and falls in love with Og, who decides that being human is not so bad after all. |
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Guys and Dolls
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Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Jo Swerling/Abe Burrows Opened: 1950 Broadway Based on: The Idyll of Miss Sarah (Damon Runyon) Main Characters: Sky Masterson, Sarah Brown, Nathan Detroit, Adelaide, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet Other works: Loesser - How to Succeed, Most Happy Fella |
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West Side Story
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Music: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents Opened: 1957 Broadway Based on: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Main Characters: Tony, Maria, Bernardo, Riff, Anita Other Works: Sondheim - Sweeney Todd, Forum, Into the Woods Bernstein - Candide, On the Town, Wonderful Town Laurents - Gypsy, La Cage aux Folles |
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High Spirits
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Lyrics/Music/Book: Hugh Martin/Timothy Gray
Opened: 1964 Broadway Based on: Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward) Main Characters: Charles, Madame Arcati, Elvira, Ruth Synopsis: Writer Charles Condomine hosts a séance conducted by medium Madame Arcati in the hope that he'll learn her tricks so he can use the information in his new novel. His assumption that she is a fake is proven wrong when she falls into a trance and unwittingly conjures the spirit of his late wife Elvira, although he alone can see her. His present wife Ruth believes that Charles is joking until Elvira moves into the Condomine household and proves her presence by performing poltergeist-type pranks. Elvira's plan to kill Charles so he can join her in the beyond backfires when she accidentally disposes of Ruth instead, and before long the two female apparitions are disrupting their former husband's life with their constant nagging and bickering. |
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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Lyrics/Music/Book: James Quinn/Alaric Jans
Opened: 1979 Chicago - 1982 Broadway Based on: Book of same name (John R Powers) Main Characters: Eddie Ryan and Becky Bakowski Synopsis: The original coming of age musical involves the 1950s Catholic education of eight Chicago children, following them from the start of elementary school through the senior prom and beyond. Along the way it touches on such topics as first confessions, puppy love, patron saints, teacher's pets, sex education classes, and the importance of wearing panties under the school uniform's plaid pleated skirt so the shoes wouldn't reflect up. One of the central plot elements running through the musical is that Eddie Ryan is infatuated with a chubby girl, Becky Bakowski. She becomes his best friend, and he later falls in love with her when she matures into a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, she decides to become a nun. Eddie eventually decides to stop questioning his faith and rejoins the church as a teacher at his old Catholic high school, where he finds himself with the love of his high-school sweetheart, and his lifelong commitment to teaching the Catholic faith. |
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The Fantasticks
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Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Music: Harvey Schmidt Opened: 1960 Off-Broadway Based on: Les Romanesques (Edmond Rostand) Main Characters: El Gallo, Matt, Luisa, Hucklebee (Matt's Father), Bellomy (Luisa's Father) Other Works: 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do! |
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Fiddler on the Roof
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Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein Opened: 1964 Broadway Based on: Tevye and His Daughters (Sholem Aleichem) Main Characters: Tevye, Golde, Tzeitel, Chava, Hodel, Motel Kamzoil, Perchik, Fyedka, Lazar Wolf, Yenta Other Works: Fiorello, She Loves Me, The Apple Tree, Tenderloin |
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Man of La Mancha
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Music: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Joe Darion Book: Dale Wesserman Opened: 1964 Goodspeed Opera House - 1965 Broadway Based on: I, Don Quixote (Dale Wesserman) and Don Quixote (Cervantes) Main Characters: Cervantes/Alonso Quijana/Don Quixote, Manservant/Sancho, Aldonza/Dulcinea, The Governor/Innkeeper, Antonia, Pedro, The Duke/Dr. Sanson Carrasco, The Priest |