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Bye Bye Birdie
Written by Michael Stewart, composed by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, Produced by Edward Padula, and Choreographed by Gower Champion. It shows the life of 1950's rock-and-roll crazed teens.
Dick Van Byke was part of the original cast.
Did 607 performances on Broadway.
It won 4 Tony Awards including Bes Musical, Best Performance by a featured actor in Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, and Best choreography. -
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Stop the world! I want to get off.
Written, composed, and Lyricised by Anthony Newly and Leslie Bricusseran.
Directed by Mel Shapiro.
485 performances on Broadway.
A story of a man who marries his wife trying to better himself, set in at a circus.
The main character was played by Anthony Newley.
It was nominated for 5 Tony Awards but only won one for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, It was given to Anna Quayle. -
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Bravo Giovanni
This musical is based on a 1959 book written by Howard Shaw.
The lyrics were by Ronny Grham and was music was by Milton Schafer.
The music was made especially for the lead Cesare Siepi who was an Opera star.
It ran 76 performances on Broadway.
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She Loves Me
This Musical was an adaptation of a play called Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo.
The music was written by Jerry Bock and the Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
Directed by Scott Ellis.
There have been 301 performances on Broadway.
It was Nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical but only won Best Performance by Featured Actor.
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Hello, Dolly!
Based on Thorton Wilder's book The Merchant of Yonker.
Lyrics and music by Jerry Herman.
The Mian character goes by the name of Dolly Gallagher Levi.
it has been revived on Broadway 4 times.
The Original cast was entered into the Granny Hall of fame.
The main role was written originally for Ethel Merman.
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Divorce me, Darling!
Written by Sandra Wilson.
It is the sequel The Boy Friends.
It is the story of Amelia Conway who is a divorce attorney that uses her maiden name even though she's been married for 15 years.
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Anne of Green Gables
based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's book Anne of Green Gables.
The script was exclusively written by Norman Campbell. This Musical is Canada's longest-running musical.
Originally directed by Alan Lund.
Jamie Ray was the Original Actress of Anne and the latest is Emma Rudy.
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It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman
Composed by Charles, Lyrics by Lee Adams, and Book by David Newman and Robert Benton.
Directed by Harold Prince.
Billy Holiday stared as Clark Kent.
This is based on the D.C. superhero.
At the time it was Broadway's biggest flop not catching on with the audience.
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Hair
The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.
It was very controversial in its time because of its infamous nude scene.
Its message was a protest against the war and military/the dehumanization of society
The Hippie experience is very much shown.
The books were by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
Reflects the sexual revolution of the time and the anit-Vietnam war peace movement.
It did 1,750 performances
It was nominated for 2 Tony awards and 1 Grammy for Best Score from an Original Cast show which it won. -
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Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris
This musical has 23 songs.
In 2003 David Bowie included the recordings in his favourite albums.
Lyrics in the french version was by Jacques Brel and in English by Eric Blau.
The Musical was translated into English by Eric Balu and Mort Shuman. -
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Coco
Was Nominated for 6 Tony Awards but only won Best Costume Design and Best Performance by a featured actor.
It was also nominated for a Theater World Award and won.
Katharine stared as Rosalind Russell.
The playwright and Lyricist was Alan Jay Lerner.
Did 329 performances.