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LUTHER DAVIS (1938 - 2008) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Lantz Office |
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Plays by Luther Davis |
At The Grand | ||
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, Los Angeles, CA | - - - | ||||
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 | #8968 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy (book) Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | version of Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, set in Rome post-World War II instead of Berlin post-World War I, and the old man Kringelein has been made the focus of the action. In the musical he is an old scullery worker who, learning he hasn't long to live, takes his life savings and moves upstairs "where the halls are full of music"; singing requirements for this role are modest but female lead (an opera star) must sing well; good singers required for part of the Baron and the semi-prostitute | |||||
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Grand Hotel - the Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, (New York) | 12 Nov 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: | Original cast recording: RCA (61327) 1992 | doollee no | #61597 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy (book) Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book by Luther Davis; Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Additional music by Maury Yeston and Wally Harper; Additional lyrics by Maury Yeston; Based on "Grand Hotel" by Vicki Baum | |||||
| version of Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, set in Rome post-World War II instead of Berlin post-World War I, and the old man Kringelein has been made the focus of the action. In the musical he is an old scullery worker who, learning he hasn't long to live, takes his life savings and moves upstairs "where the halls are full of music"; singing requirements for this role are modest but female lead (an opera star) must sing well; good singers required for part of the Baron and the semi-prostitute | |||||
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Kismet | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ziegfeld Theatre, New York | 03 Dec 1953 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Music Theater Inc, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (32605) 1953 | doollee no | #8969 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | With Music From Alexander Borodin; Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; From the play by Edward Knoblock | |||||
| There are usually four beggars sitting outside the mosque but one - Hajj has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. A poetry seller arrives and unable to sell any poems sits with the beggars to beg alms. The other beggars are not happy with this as it is Hajj's place but he tells them he is Hajj's cousin. The poetry seller has some success with his begging. A big man from the desert - thinking he is Hajj kidnaps him and takes him to the leader of the brigands. Fifteen years earlier the real Hajj had placed a curse on the leader's son and he disappeared - now he wants the curse lifted | |||||
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Kiss Them For Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | Belasco Theater, Fulton Theater, Broadway | 1945 | ||||
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 | #8970 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on Frederic Wakeman's novel Shore Leave | |||||
Synopsis: | tells of three World War II naval aviators who come to San Francisco fresh from combat and meet the civilian world of black marketing and "Victory girls" and business as usual and war profiteering; tone of play Is farce-comedy with some heavy moments. | |||||
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They Voted Yes! | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #8971 | |||
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Genre: | Tragic Drama Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about the early days of the Nazi party in Germany in 1932. At rise a typical German family derides the "street hoodlums" but at final curtain it has joined the Nazis. | |||||
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Timbuktu! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY | 1978 | ||||
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 | #64728 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Book by Luther Davis; Based on the musical by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; From the play by Edward Knoblock | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: Timbuktu, in the Ancient Empire of Mali, West Africa. In the year 1361 (of Islam 752). Program Note: The Real City of Timbuktu: "Timbuktu was Moslem, black, opulent, and remote. Travelers died in attempts to cross the Sahara in search of this fabled city, and so its reputation grew even faster than its wealth. When one of the rulers, Mansa Musa, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 1324, he brought with him a vast retinue of thousands and gave away so much gold that the price of gold fell ten to fifteen percent in the money markets of Cairo." | |||||
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