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E Y Harburg

E Y HARBURG

  (1896 - 1981)
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of E Y Harburg's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ac-Cent-Chuate the Positive         Bloomer Girl         Darling Of the Day         Finian's Rainbow         Flahooley         Happiest Girl In the World, The         Hold On To Your Hats         Hooray For What!         I Got A Song         Jamaica         Married Alived         One For My Baby         Vandebilt Revue, The         Wizard Of Oz, The

Ac-Cent-Chuate the Positive

Synopsis:
songbook show dvoted to the works of Harold arlen

Notes:
book by Mark Rolston; lyrics by Ted Koeler, e Y Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin And Truman Capote

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bloomer Girl

Bloomer Girl
the daughter of a hoop dress manufacturer has become a convert to the cause of amelia Bloomer and her liberating womens wear. She battles her Father who wants things to remain the same. Her fiance is a slave owner and she is an abolitionist - it is the eve of the American Civil War

Notes:
Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by e Y Harburg; book by Sig Herzig; Fred Saidy

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    05 Oct 1944

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Original cast recording: MCa (MCaD-10522) 1944

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Musical

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Darling Of the Day

Darling Of the Day
Based on arnold Bennett's Buried alive, Styne, Harburg and Johnson adapted this story of a celebrated artist, yearning for anonymity. He fakes his own death and assumes his valet's identity but carries on painting - which means that his art mysteriously keeps reappearing, and then, in this musical satire, the high born artist meets a working-class woman.

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by e Y Harburg; book by Roger O Hirson; book by Nunnally Johnson

1st Produced:
George abbot Theater, New York    27 Jan 1968

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Original cast recording: RCa (63334) 1968

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Finian's Rainbow

Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is the story of the Irishman Finian McLonergan and his daughter Sharon, who travel to a small Southern town in the mythical state of Missitucky with plans to bury a stolen pot of gold in the shadows of Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief it will grow and multiply. they have been followed from Ireland by the owner of the gold, a leprechaun, who shows up determined to recover his treasure. the musical is unusual in that it deals in a satirical way with issues of class and race, most specifically in the character of a bigoted southern senator who is accidentally turned black. Harburg and Lane created one of Broadway's greatest popular scores, including 'How are Things in Glocca Morra?,' 'When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love (I Love the Girl I'm Near),' 'That Old Devil Moon,' and 'If This Isn't Love'
- press release

Notes:
music Burton Lane; lyrics E.Y. Harburg; book E.Y. Harburg And Fred Saidy

1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre, New York    10 Jan 1947

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Original cast recording: Sony (SK 89208) 1947

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Genre:
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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Flahooley

Flahooley
Puppet designer Sylvester Cloud has created a remarkable doll called Flahooley. as Flahooley is about to be unveiled at the company's big Christmas release to the board of directors, the meeting is interrupted and chaos and delightful complications ensue. This zany and highly entertaining musical comedy is filled with puppets, video, singing, dancing and a score by Sammy Fain and lyrics/book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy. It is important to note that although Flahooley is an enchanting and entertaining show for audiences of all ages, it also addresses serious political questions. This groundbreaking allegorical musical fantasy was developed by Yip Harburg as a reaction to Joe McCarthy's reign in the 1950s when the shameful blacklisting of American citizens was occurring throughout the United States.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
book by E.Y. Harburg And Fred Saidy; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; music by Sammy Fain

1st Produced:
aaron Davis Hall, NY    01 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Harlem Repertory Theatre

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Music:
Original cast recording: angel (64764) 1951

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Happiest Girl In the World, The

Happiest Girl In the World, The
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Notes:
Music by Jacques Offenbach; lyrics by e Y Harburh; book by Henry Myers; book by Fred Saidy

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theater, New York    03 Apr 1961

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Original cast recording: DRG (19032) 1961

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Hold On To Your Hats

Hold On To Your Hats
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Notes:
Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by e Y Harburg; book by Guy Bolton; Matt Brooks; Eddie Davis

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    14865

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Studio cast recording: Painted Smiles (120) 1980

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Hooray For What!

Synopsis:
Setting: Sprinkle, Indiana and Geneva

Notes:
Music by Harold Arlen; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Book by Howard Lindsay And Russell Crouse; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Conceived by E.Y. Harburg

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    1937

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I Got A Song

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Lyrics by E Y Harburg; book by E Y Harburg; Fred Saidy

1st Produced:
Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, New York    26 Sep 1974

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Jamaica

Jamaica
Savannah longs to leave Jamaica and live in New York. an American businessman proposes marriage and it looks like her dream is about to come true - until she realises that she loves Koli a poor local fisherman and that she cannot leave him

Notes:
Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics And book by e Y Harburg

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, New York    31 Oct 1957

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Original cast recording: RCa (68041) 1957

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Married Alived

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Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by e Y Harburg; book by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel "Burried Alive" by Arnold Bennett

1st Produced:
O'Keefe Centre, Toronto    24831

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One For My Baby

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Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Truman Capote; Ira Gershwin; E Y Harburg; Ted Koehler; Johnny Mercer, Billy Rose; book by Fred Barton

1st Produced:
New 42nd Street Studios, New York    2013

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Vandebilt Revue, The

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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

1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, NY    1930

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Genre:
revue Musical

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Wizard Of Oz, The

Wizard Of Oz, The
stage musical of an iconic film

Notes:
By L. Frank Baum, with Music And Lyrics by Harold Arlen And e.Y. Harburg

1st Produced:
-    15 Aug 1939

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Music:
Revival cast recording: TVT Soundtrax (1020) 1998

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