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KURT WEILL (1900 - 1950) |
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Nationality: German Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Plays by Kurt Weill |
Johnny Johnson | ||
| 1st Produced: | 44th Street Theatre, NY | 19 Nov 1936 | ||||
Company: | The Group Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | polydor-831384 | |||
| Music: | Studio cast recording: Polydor (831384) 1955 | doollee no | #100598 | |||
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Genre: | Play, Comedy, Play with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Book by Paul Green; Lyrics by Paul Green; Music by Kurt Weill | |||||
| Weill's first American musical, mixing satire, sentiment and surrealism. anti war platitudes. In a small town in the US local sculptor Johnny Johnson is about to unveil his statue to Peace. The Mayor reminds everyone that the President Woodrow Wilson has said America would not take part in the War in Europe. Before the statue is unveiled a message comes through stating that the President has declared war. Everyone is enthusiastic - apart from Johnny. They all leave and Johnny unveils his statue - it is a dove. His girlfriend breaks off their engagement when he wont join up. So Johnny goes to the recruiting office but is rejected until he floors a soldier with one punch. In France he captures a German soldier and convinces him to go back and spread dissention against the War. An American officer sees the German returning shoots at him - fire is returned and Johnny gets hit. Many years after the War Johnny stands on a street corner selling wooden toys | |||||
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Knickerbocker Holiday | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 19 Oct 1938 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Anderson House, Washington D C 1938 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: AEI (007) | doollee no | #124160 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book and Lyrics By: Maxwell Anderson; Music By: Kurt Weill | |||||
| Broek considered a ne'er do well by his beloved's father gets into trouble. He is just about to be hung when the new governor of New Amsterdam - Peter Stuyvesant arrives. Stuyvesant rescues Broek and later reveals that he intends to turn New Amsterdam into what would be called today a fascist state | |||||
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Lost in the Stars | ||
| 1st Produced: | Music Box Theater, New York | 30 Oct 1949 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Hewes, H. ed. Famous American plays of the 1940's | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: MCA (10302) | doollee no | #128570 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 26 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Maxwell Anderson and Alan Paton. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson & Alan Paton. Based on the book "Cry Beloved Country" by Alan Paton | |||||
| about an African Black preacher's search for his wayward son | |||||
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One Touch Of Venus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theatre, New York | 07 Oct 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: | MCAD-11354 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: MCA (MCAD 11354) 1943 | doollee no | #115601 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Kurt Weill and Ogdon Nash; book by Ogdon Nash and S J Perelman | |||||
| The Princess is lonely - she has fallen in love with a young man she has seen briefly in the market place - Aladdin. Aladdin is also smitten with the Princess. He is troubled by the Magician who keeps getting him involved in various dubious schemes | |||||
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Street Scene | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelphi Theater, New York | 09 Jan 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: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: CBS (MK-44668) 1949 | doollee no | #132785 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Musical By Kurt Weill, Lyrics Langston Hughes, Book Elmer Rice | |||||
| The tenants at a Manhattan tenement block. Anna who is having an affair with the milkman Sankey. Her daughter Rose who is being pursued by her slimy boss. The Buchanans who are expecting a baby at any moment. The Hildebrand family about to be evicted for non payment of rent | |||||
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Two On An Island | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre, New York | 22 Jan 1940 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Coward-McCann Inc 1940 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132687 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Incidental music by Kurt Weilll, by Elmer Rice | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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