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Swiss Miss, (1926) arrangement of a song from Lady, Be Good. Machinery Gone Mad, (1927) unpublished. Blue Monday, (1927) a piano suite based on Gershwin's one-act opera of the same name. Merry Andrew, (1928) arrangement of a dance piece from Rosalie. Three-Note Waltz, (1931) Also known as Melody #36.
Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. [ 1] The song "Almost Like Being in Love", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years.
Camelot (musical) Camelot. (musical) Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White .
South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot is based on James A. Michener 's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific and ...
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.
Clue. (musical) Clue The Musical is a musical with a book by Peter DePietro, music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci, and lyrics by Tom Chiodo, based on the board game Clue. The plot concerns a murder at a mansion, occupied by several suspects, that is solved by a detective, while the ending is decided by the audience.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics. Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical [ 1] with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The ...
I Can Get It for You Wholesale is a musical originally produced by David Merrick, with music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and book by Jerome Weidman, based on his 1937 novel of the same title. Its 1962 production marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Barbra Streisand, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.