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ALAN JAY LERNER (1918 - 1986) |
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Plays by Alan Jay Lerner |
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theater, New York | 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: | Studio cast recording: Deutsche Grammophon (289 463 448-2) 1998 | doollee no | #63514 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | |||||
Synopsis: | A history of American Presidents from 1800 to 1900 focusing on race relations. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brigadoon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ziegfeld Theatre, New York | 13 Mar 1947 | ||||
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: | 1001-2-RG | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (1001-2-RG) 1947 | doollee no | #61935 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
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Camelot | ||
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theatre, New York | 03 Dec 1966 | ||||
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: | sk-32602 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (32602) 1960 | doollee no | #63128 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
| Lancelot arrives in Camelot. King Arthur introduces him to his wife Guinevere they take an instant dislike to each other. But this does not last | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Carmelina | ||
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 08 Apr 1979 | ||||
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: | THT-CD-9224 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Orginal Cast Records (THT CD 9224) 1979 | doollee no | #63513 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by Alan Jay Lerner and Joseph Stein; music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | |||||
| Carmelita tells her daughter Gia that her father was an American soldier who died in the War. She spurns the advances of cafe owner Vittorio because she wants to remain true to her American husband. The truth is she has no idea which of three Gis was the father of Gia. Then the three veterans turn up having comeback to Italy to see where they had been fighting. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coco | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theater, New York | 18 Dec 1969 | ||||
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: | mcad-11682 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: MCA (MCAD-11682) 1970 | doollee no | #63130 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Andre Previn; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Written as a vehicle for Katherine Hepburn and Coco Chanel. | |||||
| After fifteen years of retirement Coco Chanel re-opens her salon. Her first collection is derided by the critics - but four big US department stores buy everything. Coco helps out one of her models who is having relationship problems | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 10 Page 519 | |||||
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Dance a Little Closer | ||
| 1st Produced: | Minskoff Theater, New York | 1983 | ||||
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: | TER-1174 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: TER (1174) 1983 | doollee no | #63292 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music Charles Stouse; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the novel "Idiot's Delight" by Robert E Sherwood | |||||
| Harry Atkins a down at heel entertainer meets an old flame at the Barclay Hotel , Austria, just before the start of the Second World War. Two guests are also in love Edward and Charles - faced with the uncertainties of the coming War they want to cement their love and ask a priest to marry them. | |||||
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Day Before Spring, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre, New York | 22 Nov 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 | #63125 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
Synopsis: | A completely unknown amusing psychoanalytical fantasy, which received good reviews in 1945. It is a witty show about a contended married woman, who at a college reunion, meets the man that she almost spent her life with. He is still responsive to her - and he has documented their romance in his best selling novel! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gigi | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1973 | ||||
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-80404 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (80404) | doollee no | #63131 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
| Thank heaven for little girls | |||||
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Lolita, My Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia | 16 Feb 1971 | ||||
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: | bp-1009 | |||
| Music: | Boston cast recording : BluePear (1009) 1971 | doollee no | #113629 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by John Barry; lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov | |||||
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Love Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1948 | ||||
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 | #63126 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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My Fair Lady | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York | 15 Mar 1956 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Penguin Books, | ISBN/ASIN: | col-5090 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (5090) 1956 | doollee no | #62672 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; music by Frederick Loewe | |||||
| The show is based on Shaw's Pygmalion, and tells the story of a cockney flower girl who is transformed into a "lady" by a phonetics professor. Songs include "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and "I Could Have Danced All Night | |||||
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On A Clear Day You Can See Forever | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York | 17 Oct 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: | rca-60820 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (60820) 1965 | doollee no | #63129 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
| Daisy Gamble goes to a psychiatrist to get help to stop smoking. Daisy has the ability to know when a telephone will ring, know where lost items are to be found and make plants grow. The psychiatrist Mark Bruckner hypnotises her. Under hypnosis she goes back to a previous life she is Melinda Wells who lived in the 18th century. At their next session Mark learns more about Melissa's life and he finds that he is falling in love with her. When Melissa discovers her husband is unfaithful she boards a ship from England to America. The ship sinks. Mark is unable to save her. Daisy wakes up and is not happy about Mark and Melissa. Fellow psychiatrists scoff at Mark when he tells them. A rich industrialist however comes to him to find out who he will be in the future so that he can leave all his money to himself. Daisy heads for the airport but gets a premonition that the plane will crash. She decides to accept her abilities and returns to Mark | |||||
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Paint Your Wagon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theatre, New York | 12 Nov 1951 | ||||
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-60243 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (60243) 1951 | doollee no | #63127 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
| California 1853. Ben Rumson a miner is conducting a makeshift funeral for his friend when his sixteen year old daughter, Jennifer discovers gold. This starts a gold rush and very soon a town has sprung up and named after Ben - Rumson - it has four hundred men and one woman - Jennifer. Julio, a handsome Mexican miner is not allowed to live in the town because of his race. He meets Jennifer one day when in town looking for someone to do his laundry. The frustrated men folk tell Ben to send his daughter away - which he refuses to do until he catches her dancing with Julio's clothes. Jennifer runs away. A year later Jennifer returns. The gold has almost run out and her father and the other men are planning to move on. Julio had already left in search of a lake that was supposed to have gold in it. As the townsmen are leaving Julio returns a broken man and is reunited with Jennifer. Ben decides not to go as it is his town. | |||||
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What's Up | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre, New York | 11 Nov 1943 | ||||
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 | #63124 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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