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DOROTHY FIELDS (1905 - 1974) |
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Plays by Dorothy Fields |
Annie Get Your Gun | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theater, New York | 16 May 1946 | ||||
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-10047 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording MCA (MCAD-10047) 1946 | doollee no | #61746 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Dorothy Fields and Herbert Field. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin | |||||
| Annie Oakley supports her younger siblings by selling game she shoots. She is spotted by Buffalo Bill and given a place in his Wild West Show. Annie falls for the star attraction sharpshooter Frank Butler. Soon Annie is the star of the show. Frank's male ego is hurt and he leaves for a rival outfit | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Arms and the Girl | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 02 Feb 1950 | ||||
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: | decca-5200 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Decca (5200) 1950 | doollee no | #62625 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields and Rouben Mamoulian; Music by Morton Gold; lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Based on the book by Alan Child and Isabelle Louden. | |||||
| A Hessian soldier falls in love with an independently spirited American girl | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blackbirds of 1928 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Liberty Theatre, NY | 09 May 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: | OL-6770 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (OL-6770) 1933 | doollee no | #64569 | |||
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Genre: | revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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By The Beautiful Sea | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 08 Apr 1954 | ||||
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-64889 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (64889) 1954 | doollee no | #115593 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by Dorothy Fields; book by Herbert Fields | |||||
| 1907. Lottie Gibson has just finished a Vaudeville tour and has returned to the family run boarding house in Coney Island. On the road she met Shakespearian actor Dennis Emery and she gets ready the best room in the house for him. Dennis is going to appear at the Brighton Beach Playhouse. Lottie discovers that he is broke and may not be able to open his new show. She decides that she will raise the money and will do anything - even jumping out of a hot air balloon | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hello, Daddy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre, NY | 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 | #64570 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Music by Jimmy McHugh; Based on a farce adapted from the German by Frank Mandel | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: The Cedarhurst School for Girls; Club Car of a local train; reception room at Block's; The Sun Parlor at Block's. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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International Revue | ||
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theater, 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 | #64571 | |||
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Genre: | revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh; Book by Nat N. Dorfman and Lew Leslie; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lets Face It! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theatre, New York | 29 Oct 1941 | ||||
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 | #64572 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Herbert Fields; book by Dorothy Fields | |||||
Synopsis: | Maggie, Cornelia and Nancy are suspicious of the numerous "hunting trips" their husbands go on. So when the husbands leave they invite over three soldier boys for a party. The soldier's girlfriends find out and crash the party. Then the husbands turn up | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lucky in The Rain | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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 | #89254 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Jimmy McHugh; lyrics by Harold Adamson; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by Sherman Yellen | |||||
Synopsis: | 1927 in a small newspaper office in Paris boy reporter falls for girl reporter | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mexican Hayride | ||
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theatre, New York | 28 Jan 1944 | ||||
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: | decca-mh | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast: Decca 1944 | doollee no | #64573 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Herbert Fields; book by Dorothy Fields | |||||
| Montana a lady bullfighter has just won and is about to throw one of the bull's ears to her boyfriend David the American charge d'affaires when she sees her no good brother-in-law Joe in the crowd. In anger she throws it at him. Joe is feted by the crowd. Joe is involved with a lottery scam and goes on the run - putting on many disguises to elude the police - even dressing as a woman. Joe is caught and sent back to the US and Montana and David live happily ever after | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 15 Page 814 | |||||
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Never Gonna Dance | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2003 | ||||
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 | #68772 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | by Jeffrey Hatcher; Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, P G Wodehouse, Jimmy McHugh and Edward Laska. Based on the film "Swing Time" RKO Radio. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poppa | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
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 | #11611 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Redhead | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 05 Feb 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: | fa-61995 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Fynsworth Alley: (61995) 1959 | doollee no | #64036 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
Notes: | Written by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, Sidney Sheldon and David Shaw; music by Albert Hague; lyrics by Dorothy Fields | |||||
| 1900 a young actress has been murdered. The Simpson Sisters Waxworks installs a tableaux of the event which upsets actor Tom Baxter who had a soft spot for the dead actress. So that she can see him again, Essie, the sisters' neice, claims she ahs been attacked by the murderer. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Seesaw | ||
| 1st Produced: | Uris Theater, New York | 18 Mar 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: | drg-6108 | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast recording: DRG (6108) 1973 | doollee no | #64574 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Cy Colemen; lyrics by Dorothy Field; book by Michael Bennett; book by Michael Stewart | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shirley MacLaine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, NY | 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 | #64575 | |||
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Genre: | special Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Written by Fred Ebb; Additional material by Bob Wells | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shoot The Works | ||
| 1st Produced: | George M. Cohan's Theatre, NY | 1931 | ||||
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 | #64576 | |||
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Genre: | revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book by Heywood Broun, Peter Arno, Sig Herzig, Dorothy Parker, Nunnally Johnson, E.B. White, Milton Lazarus, Jack Hazzard, Edward J. McNamara and H. I. Phillips; Music by Michael H. Cleary, Philip Chagrig, Jay Gorney, Robert Stolz, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Berlin, Ann Ronell, Vernon Duke, Joseph Meyer, Alexander Williams, Herbert Goode and Muriel Pollock; Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Singin' The Blues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Liberty Theatre, NY | 1931 | ||||
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 | #64577 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by John McGowan; Music by Jimmy McHugh and Burton Lane; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Dorothy Fields | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: Johnson's Pool Hall, Chicago; A Chicago Street; Crocker's Place, Harlem; Susan's Room; The Magnolia Club; The Harlem Police Station | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Something For The Boys | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theatre, New York | 07 Jan 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: | aei-004 | |||
| Music: | Original cast: AEI (004) 1943 | doollee no | #64578 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Herbert Fields; book by Dorothy Fields | |||||
| A burlesque queen, a defence worker and a carnival barker all inherit a Texan farm. They decide to turn the farm house into a guest house for soldiers wives. The army brass decide that they are running a very different sort of house | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stars In Your Eyes | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1939 | ||||
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 | #64579 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet Charity | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, New York | 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 Broadway cast recording: Columbia (2900) 1966 | doollee no | #64580 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Cy Colemen; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by Neil Simon | |||||
Synopsis: | Sweet Charity tells the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a gullible and guileless girl who always gives her heart and dreams to the wrong man. When she meets the nervy Oscar in a lift, she hopes to put her misfortune in love behind her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tree Grows In Brooklyn, A | ||
| 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 | #64581 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Up In Central Park | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Century Theatre, New York | 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 | #64582 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Sigmund Romberg; lyrics by Dorothy Fields; book by Dorothy Fields; book by Herbert Fields | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vandebilt Revue, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vanderbilt Theatre, NY | 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 | #64583 | |||
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Genre: | revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg; Book by Lew M. Fields, Kenyon Nicholson, Ellis O. Jones, Sig Herzig and E. North; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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