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GEORGE ABBOTT (1887 - 1995) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Born in Forestville, New York, 25 June 1889. Educated at Hamburg High School, New York; Rochester University, Rochester, New York, B.A. 1911; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912-13. Married 1) Ednah Levis in 1914 (died 1930), one daughter; 2) Mary Sinclair in 1946 (marriage dissolved 1951); 3) Joy Moana Valderrama in 1983. Founder, with Philip Dunning, Abbott-Dunning Inc., 1931-34. Recipient: Boston Globe award, 1912; Donaldson award, for directing, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955; Tony award, 1955, 1956, 1960, and for directing, 1960, 1963, Special Tony, 1987; Pulitzer prize, 1960; New York Drama Critics Circle award, 1960; Lawrence Langner award, 1976; City of New York Handel medallion, 1976; Kennedy Center award, 1983. D.H.: Rochester University, 1961; H.H.D.: University of Miami, 1974. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, U.S.A.
Plays by George Abbott
Anya | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ziegfeld Theatre, New York | 29 Nov 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | UAS-5133 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording:United Artists ( UAS-5133) | doollee no | #38 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | various female voices | |||||
Notes: | by George Abbott and Guy Bolton, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adaptation of the play Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette and Bolton Also known as "The Anastasia Game" and "The Anastasia Affaire" | |||||
| 1926 and former Cossack General Bounine discovers a patient in a mental institution. She claims that she is Anastasia one of the daughters of the Czar and that she survived the execution of her family. Bounine thinks he can make money by exploiting her and her claims but Anya starts to get better and remembers things only the real Anastasia could know. She is introduced to the Dowager Empress, the grandmother of Anastasia and she claims that it is indeed her grand-daughter. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beat the Band | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 14 Oct 1942 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38848 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Johnny Green; lyrics by George Marion Jr; book by George Marion Jr; book by George Abbott | |||||
Synopsis: | A band leader returns to the US after the War. He is out of money so cannot afford to reassemble his band. He poses as an Italian voice coach to raise money | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boys From Syracuse, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 23 Nov 1938 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Revival cast recording: DRG 1963 | doollee no | #38850 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Richard Rogers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by George Abbott | |||||
| Identical twins - both get named Antipholus are separated when very young when the ship they are travelling in sinks. One twin ends up in Syracuse and the other in Ephesus. Both boys have a servant - both called Dromio who are also identical twins. The twins are now young men and the Syracuse Antipholus and Dromio go to Ephesus where they get mistaken for the other two | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Broadway | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre | 1926 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38851 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by George Abbott and Philip Dunning | |||||
Synopsis: | Talented dancer Roy Lane is upset that his dance partner, innocent and beautiful Billie, is showing special interest in rich and handsome Steve Crandell, a good customer at Nick's Paradise Club where Roy performs together with Billie and other chorus girls, Mazie, Grace, Ruby, Pearl and Ann. Once attractive Lil Rice plays the piano and is being wooed by Porky, once of Steve's cronies, but neither Porky nor club owner Nick are around when secret bootlegger Steve is visited by fellow mobster 'Scar' Edwards, angry with Steve for homing in on his territory. Steve shoots Scar in the back and together with accomplice Dolph dumps the body pretending that it is a drunk. Billie sees, but Steve swears her to secrecy. Detective Dan McCorn arrives to investigate but despite his suspicions he can get nothing on Steve. There is a fight between Steve and Roy over Billie but despite various ups and downs, Billie predictably ends up in Roy's arms. Unknown to Steve, chorus girl Pearl was Scar's fiancee and finally she confronts Steve and kills him. McCorn turns a blind eye to this and reports the death as suicide. Porky weds Lil and Roy and Billie get an offer for the 'big time' | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coquette | ||
| 1st Produced: | Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York | 08 Nov 1927 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38852 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Ann Preston Bridgers | |||||
Synopsis: | Norma has three young men in tow - Robert, Stanley and bad boy Michael. Naturally, it is Michael that she falls for. They run away together pursued by her father with his gun | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cowboy Crazy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1926 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38853 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Pearl Franklin | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crooked Broadway | ||
| 1st Produced: | Donnell Library Center, New York | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68091 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by George Abbott; Music and lyrics by Robert Lindsay Nassif | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Damn Yankees | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 05 May 1955 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House 1956 | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-3948 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (3948) 1955 | doollee no | #38854 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop ; From the novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" by Douglass Wallop | |||||
| The Washington Senators are not doing well - they have lost to the New York Yankees. Joe wishes he could help. He is heard by Mr Applegate who has a proposition for Joe | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fall Guy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre | 1924 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38855 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with James Gleason | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fiorello! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre, NY | 23 Nov 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | cap-92052 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Capitol (92052) 1959 | doollee no | #39 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick | |||||
| The story of New York Mayor and Congressman Fiorello LaGuardia. LaGuardia a lawyer in a poor and deprived part of New York decides to do something to help the local people and runs for Congress | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Flora, The Red Menace | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-60821 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (60821) | doollee no | #40 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by George Abbott and Robert Russell; Based on the novel "Love Is Just Around the Corner" by Lester Atwell | |||||
| Is Flora a "Red menace" or just a girl in love? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Four Walls | ||
| 1st Produced: | John Golden Theatre, New York | 1928 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38856 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Dana Burnet | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Frankie | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Joseph Turin, lyrics by Gloria Nissenson, adaptation of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Head of the Family, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1912 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38857 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heat Lightning | ||
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theatre, New York | 1933 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38858 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Leon Abrams | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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High Button Shoes | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Century Theatre, New York | 09 Oct 1947 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tams-Witmark Music Library | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-4572 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (4572) 1947 | doollee no | #1338 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn; book by George Abbott; Stephen Longstreet. Based on the novel "The Sisters Liked Them Handsome" by Stephen Longstreet | |||||
| Conmen Harrison Floy and Mr Pontdue cheat the Longstreet family out of all their money. Pursued by the police the make a getaway to Atlantic City taking Fran - Mrs Longstreet's younger sister with them. Fran has fallen for Harrison. In Atlantic City Pontdue tells Harrison to put all the money they have stolen on a bet. Harrison makes a mistake - he was supposed to bet on Princeton in a football match - they loose - instead he put the money on a horse called Princeton - it wins. The conmen now have more then enough money to pay back everyone they conned | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Holy Terror, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | George M Cohan's Theatre, New York | 1925 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38860 | |||
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Genre: | None-Too-Serious Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Winchell Smith | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ladies' Money | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 1934 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38859 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lilly Turner | ||
| 1st Produced: | Morosco Theatre, New York | 1932 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38861 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by George Abbott and Philip Dunning | |||||
Synopsis: | Carnival performer Lilly Turner marries a bigamist | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love'em And Leave'em | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 03 Feb 1926 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by George Abbott and John V.A. Weaver | |||||
Synopsis: | Two sisters trying to make their way in the world. One wins a craps game and is able to set her sister up | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man in the Manhole | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston | 1912 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38862 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Music Is | ||
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Adaptation Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by George Abbott; Music by Richard Adler; Lyrics by Will Holt; Based on "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare | |||||
Synopsis: |
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New Girl in Town | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 14 May 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-61996 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (61996) | doollee no | #44 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Adaptation Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by George Abbott; Based on the play "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill; Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill | |||||
| Anna has been a streetwalker for fifteen years but when she contracts tuberculosis she returns home to her father, Chris a retired sailor. Chris is unaware of his daughter's past. Anna meets another sailor Mat and they fall in love. But Chris and Mat find out about Anna's past and Mat leaves and goes to sea. Anna becomes a farmer. Much later Mat returns. Chris tries to keep him and Anna apart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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On Your Toes | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theatre, New York | 11 Apr 1936 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Revival cast recording: MCA (11575) 1954 | doollee no | #38863 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by George Abbott; Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers | |||||
| Phil "Junior" Dolan III teaches music at a university. He persuades the head of the Russian Ballet to put on a jazz ballet - "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue". Phil becomes involved with the prima ballerina Vera Barnova. Her jealous boyfriend gets to thugs to murder Phil. Meanwhile Phil has been forced to take over the male lead in "Slaughter" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Page Miss Glory | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1934 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38864 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pajama Game | ||
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 13 May 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House 1954 | ISBN/ASIN: | s-32606 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (32606) | doollee no | #38865 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Book by George Abbott, Richard Bissell; Lyrics by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross; Music by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross. based on the novel 71/2 cents by Richard Bissell | |||||
| about strained labour relations in a pajama factory | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pal Joey | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barymore Theatre, New York | 25 Dec 1940 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | ang-64696 | |||
| Music: | Revival cast recording: Angel (64696) 1952 | doollee no | #61439 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | George Abbott with John O'Hara. Music Richard Rogers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Based on the novel "Pal Joey" by John O'Hara. | |||||
| Joey a second rate dancer and club MC has big ambitions - he wants his own club - "Chez Joey". He meets naïve Linda and impresses her with his big talk. Later at the club bored married Vera arrives. Joey insults her and she leaves. Joey is ordered to apologise and the next time Vera is in the club she is so charmed they start an affair. One day when Joey is out with Vera at a shop where she is buying him new clothes Linda meets them and is shocked at what Joey is doing. Vera buys a club for Joey. On opening night two of the staff plot to blackmail Vera - Linda overhears and tells her. Vera calls in the police. Vera decides that Joey is not worth the bother and closes the club. She tells Linda that she can have him - but Linda does not want him either. Linda and Joey meet - but he ignores her to chase after another woman. | |||||
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Ringside | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre, New York | 1928 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38866 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 23 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with George Abbott, Edward A. Paramore, Jr., and Hyatt Daab | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet River | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hollywood Theatre, New York | 1936 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38867 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 33 | Female | 24 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adaptation of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tenderloin | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Music Theatre International | ISBN/ASIN: | angel-65002 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording Angel (65002) 1960 | doollee no | #45 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Based on the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams | |||||
| 1890s. The Reverend Doctor Brock wants to clean up the Tenderloin district of New York and get rid of the prostitutes who ply their trade there. He enlists the help of a young newspaper journalist, Tommy - who also sings in one of the bars in Tenderloin - to help him. But Tommy is in league with a dishonest policeman and they fabricate evidence that the good Reverend had other interests in the girls. Then Tommy meets choir girl Laura and is converted. He refuses to give evidence at the trial of Rev Brock. The clean up of Tenderloin begins - but Brock leaves for Detroit which he has heard is even more sinful | |||||
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Those We Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | John Golden Theatre, New York | 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38868 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with S.K. Lauren | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Men On A Horse | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1935 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with John Cecil Holm | |||||
Synopsis: | Erwin Trowbridge is a modest young writer of greeting card verses living with his loving wife Audrey in Ozone Heights, New Jersey. Unfortunately, meddlesome brother-in-law Clarence is a pain: he built their house and he despises poetic Erwin. As a hobby, Erwin plays the horses - but only on paper. He never actually places a bet but he always wins. One day, after a set-to with Clarence he drowns his sorrows and meets a crowd of gamblers who pick up on his talent. Led by Patsy and his moll Mabel, the gang encourage Erwin to abscond from work while he makes their fortune. The action assumes a farce-like velocity as Erwin is chased by his wife, and his brother-in-law, the betting fraternity and his boss, Mr. Carver. Finally, Erwin breaks his successful run when he has a bet himself, and returns home to Audrey, kicks out Clarence and gets a raise and the respect he deserves from his boss | |||||
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Tree Grows in Brooklyn | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 19 Apr 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | sony-48014 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (48014) | doollee no | #39050 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by George Abbott; book by Betty Smith. Based on the novel by Betty Smith | |||||
| A family in Brooklyn. Johnny is a singing waiter who spends all his money in a local bar. His wife Katie is hard working but fed up with Johnny's behaviour. Their daughter Francie idolises her father. And then there is Aunt Sissie with a string of live in lovers that she calls each one John as that was the name of her first love. | |||||
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Tropicana | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39051 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Robert Nassif, lyrics by Nassif and Peter Napolitano | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Where's Charley? | ||
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 11 Oct 1948 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | ang-89058 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (89058) | doollee no | #47 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
Notes: | Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by George Abbott; Based on the play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas | |||||
| Setting: Summer, 1892 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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