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Carol Hall

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ComposerLyricist 1936–2018 On stage 1944

Carol Hall (April 3, 1936 – October 11, 2018) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for composing the music and lyrics for the Broadway stage musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978, adapted as a film in 1982). Her other works include the Broadway sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994), as well as the Off-Broadway musical To Whom It May Concern (c. 1986).

On stage 1 production

1944 Sing Out, Sweet Land International Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Leonidoff 102 perf.

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Also credited on2 works

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

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In the literature8 passages

  • Masterson was also responsible for getting his Texas pal Carol Hall to write songs for this country-flavored tale. He also ensured that his wife, Carlin Glynn, would portray the lead, brothel madam Miss Mona Stangley, when the time came for production.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Tune’s contributions did help to change Whorehouse from an almost-good show to a good one. Carol Hall can still boast that to this day that no female songwriter has ever had a Broadway musical run longer than the 1,584 performances that Whorehouse ran.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Book writers Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, along with songwriter Carol Hall, worked hard to normalize the Chicken Ranch as “a green Texas glade where the trees were as coolin’ as fresh lemonade.”ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • In the folk/country-western music genre, there have been notable past successes, such as Carol Hall’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978), Quilters (1984) and Roger Miller’s Big River (1985). Yet, even though country music sales have been rising along with Spanish CD music sales, there has yet to be a successful twenty-first-centur…ebooks/Music, The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To/Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music.txt
  • Other original Broadway book musical: The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, book by Larry King and Peter Masterson, music and lyrics by Carol Hall.ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • THE BEST LITTLE WHUREHUUSE UN TEAAS “A New Musical Comedy” music and lyrics by Carol Hall book by Larry L. King and Peter Mastersontheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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