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BOB MERRILL (1921 - 1998) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Plays by Bob Merrill |
Breakfast At Tiffany's | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia | 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: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: SPM (CO-4788) | doollee no | #64240 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 22 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book adapted by Edward Albee; Based on the novel by Truman Capote; Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill | |||||
| Comments: Was titled "Holly Golightly" during pre-Broadway try-out. Merrick closed the show in previews "rather than subject the drama critics and the public to an excruciatingly boring evening" (his own words). | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Carnival | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theatre, New York | 1961 | ||||
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: | Polydor-937195 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Polydor (937195) 1961 | doollee no | #63518 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Michael Stewart; Music and lyrics Bob Merrill | |||||
| Lilli is a member of a carnival troupe and the centre of love interest between Marco the Magnificent the magician and Paul the puppeteer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573692772 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111621 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Robert Emmett | |||||
Synopsis: | The animals at the zoo are having a Christmas party - but they have not invited the wolf. He thinks he is being shunned because of Red Riding Hood and he tells his side of the story | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Funny Girl | ||
| 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 | #68616 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Isobel Lemart | |||||
Synopsis: | a simple account of the life of Fanny Brice in real life she was a plain girl from the East Side who made a youthful success as a comedienne, married a gambler, endured him through his imprisonments, had his children and divorced him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hannah 39 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vineyard Theater, 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: | Original cast recording: TER (1192) 1992 | doollee no | #70074 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Bob Merrill; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Bob Merrill | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Henry, Sweet Henry | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theater, New York | 23 Oct 1967 | ||||
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 | #64683 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel "The World of Henry Orient" by Nora Johnson | |||||
| Valerie and Gil meet in Central Park and play pranks on various people they find there. One day their victim is ageing composer Henry Orient. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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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 | #114887 | |||
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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 | |||||
| Setting: Near the waterfront, New York City, at the turn of the century | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prettybelle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theater, Boston | 01 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: | vsd-5439 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Varese (VSD-5439) 1971 | doollee no | #67716 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill | |||||
| Prettybelle Sweet is a manic depressive alcoholic and is in an institution. She tells her life story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Some Like It | ||
| 1st Produced: | Birmingham Hippodrome | 1991 | ||||
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 | #63670 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by By Julie Styne / Bob Merrill | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Take Me Along | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theater, New York | 22 Oct 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: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (51050) 1959 | doollee no | #64064 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Robert Russell and Joseph Stein; music and lyrics by Bob Merrill | |||||
| Nat Miller the owner of a small town newspaper has won a new fire engine for the town. He has doubts that he is as wonderful as his family and the towns folk say he is | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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