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Frank Loesser

FRANK LOESSER

  (1910 - 1969)
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Frank Loesser's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Greenwillow         Guys And Dolls         Hans Andersen         Hans Christian Andersen         How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying         Illustrators' Show, The         Most Happy Fella, The         Perfectly Frank         Pleasures And Palaces         Senor Discretion Himself         Where's Charley?

Greenwillow

Greenwillow
the eldest son of each generation of the Briggs family get the urge to wander. they go off and leave their wives to bring up their families. Now Gideon Briggs has fallen in love and wants to settle down - but will he remain?

Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by Lesser Samuels And Frank Loesser; Based on the novel by B.J. Chute

1st Produced:
Alvin Theater, New York    1960

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (19006) 1960

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Guys And Dolls

Guys And Dolls
Sky Masterston bets that he can take any girl out. Nathan Detroit says that he must date Sergeant Sarah Brown of the Salvation army

Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows And Jo Swerling; Based on A Story And Characters by Damon Runyon

1st Produced:
46th Street Theater, New York, NY    24 Nov 1950

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Music Theatre International, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (10301) 1950

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 06 Page 322

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Hans Andersen

Hans Andersen
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Frank Loesser; Additional songs by Marvin Laird. Revised version of "Hans Christian Andersen"

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original London cast: DRG (13116) 1977

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Frank Loesser

1st Produced:
-    1952

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original London cast: Marble arch (119) 1974

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Finch the window cleaner armed only with a copy of the book "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" gets a job in the post room of the World Wide Wicket Company and rises up through the company becoming executive director and thinking of running for US President

Notes:
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock And Willie Gilbert; Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Based on "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" by Shepherd Mead

1st Produced:
46th Street Theater, New York, NY    14 Oct 1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Music Theatre International, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (82876 56051 2) 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
-

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Illustrators' Show, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music mostly by Irving Actman; Lyrics mostly by Frank Loesser

1st Produced:
48th Street Theatre, NY    1936

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Most Happy Fella, The

Most Happy Fella, The
Tony a grape farmer in San Francisco has been conducting a romance by mail. RosabElla has sent him her photograph - she is young and beautiful. Tony is getting on in years and is fat and balding - he feels he cannot send a photograph of himself. So instead he send a photo of Joe his young and handsome foreman. RosabElla arrives and when she meets Joe they fall in love. Joe tells her that it is Tony that she has been corresponding with she is not happy and prepares to leave. they hear that Tony has been injured in a car crash. at the hospital Tony tells her that he probably has not much longer to live and that they should marry immediately. although she loves Joe she agrees

Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Based on "they Knew What they Wanted" by Sidney Howard

1st Produced:
Imperial Theater, New York    03 May 1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Theatre '56" published by Random House 1956   -

Music:
Revival cast recording: RCa (61294) 1992

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Perfectly Frank

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser

1st Produced:
Helen Hayes Theatre, NY    1980

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Pleasures And Palaces

Pleasures And Palaces
John Paul Jones goes to Russia to assist empress Catherine II regain Constantinople. the empress is in love Grigori Potemkin. Potemkin is in love with Sura. Sura is in love with John Paul

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Frank Loesser; Sam Spewack. Based on the play "Once there Was A Russian" by Sam Spewack

1st Produced:
Fisher Theatre, Detroit    10 Mar 1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Blue Pear (1010) 1965

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Senor Discretion Himself

Synopsis:
Panchito is an illiterate baker - he is also the town drunk. However when he is drunk he develops a photographic memory so when his daughter reads the newspaper to him - next day he remembers it all. an older man is paying attentions to the daughter - Lupita. Lupita is only fifteen and Panchito is most unhappy about this. He gets a friend to write a threatening letter to the older man - but the friend is a pacifist and the letter he writes is quite different - but it has the right effect as the older man is very moved by it. Meanwhile an image of the Virgin Mary appears on one of Panchito's loaves

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Culture Club; Frank Loesser. Based on A short story by Budd Schulberg

1st Produced:
-    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Where's Charley?

Where's Charley?
1892 Oxford. Two students Charley and Jack have invited their girlfriends over for lunch. It will be quite proper as Charley is expecting his aunt to arrive. Charley goes to the station to meet her. the girls arrive but seeing no chaperone leave. Charley comes back from the station without an aunt - he had misread her letter - she is arriving much later. their lunch plans seem to be thwarted. Jack's Father arrives and tells him they are broke. Jack suggests his Father woo Charley's rich aunt. Charley is appearing in the student play and tries on his costume - he is playing an old lady. the girls arrive and mistake Charley for his aunt....

Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by George Abbott; Based on the play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas

1st Produced:
St James Theater, New York    11 Oct 1948

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1965   -

Music:
Original cast recording: angel (89058)

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  chorus

Further Reference:
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