Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again is a 1959 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Leonard Gershe. The play is based on the 1939 film of the same name.
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Destry Rides Again is a 1959 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Leonard Gershe. The play is based on the 1939 film of the same name.
Fanny is a young woman whose childhood love, Marius, leaves her to go to sea as a sailor for five years. His father Cesar, a tavern owner, disowns him. After his departure, Fanny discovers she is pregnant. Under pressure from her mother, she marries Panisse, a wealthy older widower, whose delight at having an heir prompts him to keep the newborn boy's illegitimacy a secret. Marius returns on his son Cesario's first birthday to claim both him and Fanny, but he is turned away by Cesar, who is Panisse's best friend. As the years pass Cesario, now 13, longs to go to sea like his father, and runs away to join him. This is too much for the now ill and aged Panisse. Marius brings Cesario back to fulfill Panisse's dying wish for Marius and Fanny to be together. The role of Acolyte was originated by then-child actor Gary Wright who went on to become a successful musician and is best known for his highly popular 1976 hit single "Dream Weaver". While still in the show, Wright replaced Lloyd Reese in the role of Cesario.
Harry Bogen is an ambitious, unscrupulous young businessman in the 1930s New York City garment industry. He will stop at nothing to get to the top; he lies to his mother and his long-suffering girlfriend, Ruthie Rivkin. They try to help him become a better person, but Harry embezzles company funds and betrays his friends and partners. Harry leaves Ruthie for Martha Mills, a gold-digging dancer as tough and hard as the diamonds Harry rewards her with. But Harry goes bankrupt and loses his fair-weather friends. Only his mother and Ruthie stand by him, but a surprising ally re-emerges from the past.
Scarlett is a 1970 musical with a score by Harold Rome. The original 1966 Japanese book is by Kazuo Kikuta, and was translated to English by Horton Foote. Based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 bestseller Gone with the Wind, it traces the fate of self-centered Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara and her passionately turbulent relationship with dashing blockade runner Rhett Butler from the days prior to the American Civil War through the war itself and the following period of Reconstruction. The Tokyo production was directed by American director/choreographer Joe Layton, who later directed a production in the London West End. London producer Harold Fielding cancelled his plans for a 1974 Broadway production, and the musical has never been performed on Broadway.
The Zulu and the Zayda is a musical play by Howard Da Silva and Felix Leon, with music and lyrics by Harold Rome (his last musical score to be produced on Broadway), and directed by Dore Schary. It was based on a story by Dan Jacobson. Described as a comedy with music, the play has two acts and 18 scenes. Produced by Theodore Mann and Dore Schary, the Broadway production, opened on 10 November 1965 at the Cort Theatre, where it ran for 179 performances. The cast included Menasha Skulnik, Ossie Davis, and Louis Gossett. It also featured Yaphet Kotto in his first Broadway appearance. The production's costumes were designed by Frank Thompson.
Wish You Were Here is a musical with a book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The musical was adapted from Kober's 1937 play, Having Wonderful Time, and revolves around a summer camp for adults. It is known for the song "Wish You Were Here".
Destry Rides Again is a 1959 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Leonard Gershe. The play is based on the 1939 film of the same name.
Fanny is a young woman whose childhood love, Marius, leaves her to go to sea as a sailor for five years. His father Cesar, a tavern owner, disowns him. After his departure, Fanny discovers she is pregnant. Under pressure from her mother, she marries Panisse, a wealthy older widower, whose delight at having an heir prompts him to keep the newborn boy's illegitimacy a secret. Marius returns on his son Cesario's first birthday to claim both him and Fanny, but he is turned away by Cesar, who is Panisse's best friend. As the years pass Cesario, now 13, longs to go to sea like his father, and runs away to join him. This is too much for the now ill and aged Panisse. Marius brings Cesario back to fulfill Panisse's dying wish for Marius and Fanny to be together. The role of Acolyte was originated by then-child actor Gary Wright who went on to become a successful musician and is best known for his highly popular 1976 hit single "Dream Weaver". While still in the show, Wright replaced Lloyd Reese in the role of Cesario.
Harry Bogen is an ambitious, unscrupulous young businessman in the 1930s New York City garment industry. He will stop at nothing to get to the top; he lies to his mother and his long-suffering girlfriend, Ruthie Rivkin. They try to help him become a better person, but Harry embezzles company funds and betrays his friends and partners. Harry leaves Ruthie for Martha Mills, a gold-digging dancer as tough and hard as the diamonds Harry rewards her with. But Harry goes bankrupt and loses his fair-weather friends. Only his mother and Ruthie stand by him, but a surprising ally re-emerges from the past.
Scarlett is a 1970 musical with a score by Harold Rome. The original 1966 Japanese book is by Kazuo Kikuta, and was translated to English by Horton Foote. Based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 bestseller Gone with the Wind, it traces the fate of self-centered Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara and her passionately turbulent relationship with dashing blockade runner Rhett Butler from the days prior to the American Civil War through the war itself and the following period of Reconstruction. The Tokyo production was directed by American director/choreographer Joe Layton, who later directed a production in the London West End. London producer Harold Fielding cancelled his plans for a 1974 Broadway production, and the musical has never been performed on Broadway.
The Zulu and the Zayda is a musical play by Howard Da Silva and Felix Leon, with music and lyrics by Harold Rome (his last musical score to be produced on Broadway), and directed by Dore Schary. It was based on a story by Dan Jacobson. Described as a comedy with music, the play has two acts and 18 scenes. Produced by Theodore Mann and Dore Schary, the Broadway production, opened on 10 November 1965 at the Cort Theatre, where it ran for 179 performances. The cast included Menasha Skulnik, Ossie Davis, and Louis Gossett. It also featured Yaphet Kotto in his first Broadway appearance. The production's costumes were designed by Frank Thompson.
Wish You Were Here is a musical with a book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The musical was adapted from Kober's 1937 play, Having Wonderful Time, and revolves around a summer camp for adults. It is known for the song "Wish You Were Here".