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New York

1961

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Random House, New York

1961

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Modern Drama

Play/Drama

5

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Synopsis: In this case the Big Fish is a former professor of great promise whose career went to pot when a trustee's daughter committed suicide, leaving a note that compromised him. Since then he has lived in the oblivion of an insignificant research job, maintaining an apartment which has become the nesting place of an incredible assortment of friends. There is somebody's wife from Conshohocken, Pa., with whom he has had an affair for 20 years, an old-maidish gentlemen who teaches art, a dyspeptic and presumptuous ex-publisher, and a young and highly successful author . . . . These people all love him in their divergent ways, and it is this affection upon which he feeds and upon which, conversely, they are equally dependent. So strong is this mutual bond that when he is offered a permanent job which will take him abroad the sycophants rise in fierce indignation, and it is only the persuasion of the young novelist which induces him to leave his complacent rut. The final episodes of the play bring the realization that in

Broadway Theatre, NY

1974

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Musical

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Notes: Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur; Book adapted by Hugh Wheeler; Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire; Additional lyrics by John La Touche and Leonard Bernstein

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Shubert Theatre, NY

1973

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Applause Books, New York

2000

Original cast recording: Columbia (CK-32265)

1973

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Musical

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Notes: Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Suggested by the film "Smiles of a Summer Night" by Ingmar Bergman

Synopsis: This tells of middle-aged actress Desiree Armfeldt's attempts to rid herself of one lover in order to marry another

New York

1961

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1963

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Comedy Drama

Comedy

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2

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Synopsis: Belle is not very attractive - she has stringy hair, is myoptic and wears thick glasses. A young man was going to take her to see the movie "Ivan the Terrible" but he doesn't turn up. But Bobby, a closeted gay guy does and this is the start of a friendship.

Irish Repertory Theatre, NY

2006

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140 min

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Notes: book by Hugh Wheeler; music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Synopsis: Based on stories by Sally Benson and the classic 1944 MGM film, Meet Me In St. Louis tells the story of the Smith family as they eagerly anticipate the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Optimism and young love are severely tested and of course finally triumph as the story unfolds with the background of the Great Louisiana Purchase Exhibition never far from the hearts and minds of the Smith Family. Songs include "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,"
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Philadelphia

1964

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Notes: Original Playwright - Alvaro de Laiglesia

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Uris Theatre, NY

1979

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Original Broadway cast: RCA (3379)

1979

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Notes: Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Based on a version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond

Synopsis: Setting: The 19th Century. London. Fleet Street and environs

New York

1966

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1967

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Adaptation

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