Gertrude Lawrence

On stage 17 productions, 27 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

Andre Charlot’s Revue Of 1924

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In the literature8 passages

• It was leading actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952) who initiated the project. She had optioned Margaret Landon’s 1943 novel Anna and the King of Siam , and initially approached Cole Porter , then Noël Coward to write the score. Rodgers and Hammerstein declined at first, deeming Landon’s story too episodic in nature, but they were persua…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
• 82 Lady in the Dark ran on Broadway in 1941–2, and returned there in February 1943 with Gertrude Lawrence reprising her starring role as Liza Elliott.ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• Lady in the Dark . “Circus Dream.” Gertrude Lawrence sitting on the left, Danny Kaye on the horse at right (1941). Photograph: Vandamm Studio. Museum of the City of New York. Theater Collection. Gift of the Burns Mantle Estate.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Liza Elliott (Gertrude Lawrence), a successful but greatly troubled fashion editor of a prestigious fashion magazine, reluctantly consults the psychiatrist, Dr. Brooks (Donald Randolph). In two sessions she relates musical dreams of a glamour girl (the Glamour Dream) and marriage (the Wedding Dream) that contrast markedly with the state o…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Original cast (1941) : Gertrude Lawrence, MacDonald Carey, Donald Randolph, Maurice Abravenal (conductor). AEI 1146. Contents: “Oh, Fabulous One,” “One Life to Live,” “Girl of the Moment,” “It Looks Like Liza,” “The Saga of Jenny,” “My Ship,” and dialogue from act I, scenes 1, 2, 4, and 5. Lawrence’s “My Ship” (February 23, 1941) appears…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Original cast (1941): Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway , Vol. 1 (Pearl/Pavilion): Gertrude Lawrence, Danny Kaye. Contents: “Oh, Fabulous One,” “Huxley,” “Girl of the Moment,” “One Life to Live,” “The Is New,” “The Princess of Pure Delight,” “It’s Never Too Late to Mendelssohn,” “Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians),” “The Saga of Jenny,” a…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt

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