The run closed November 8, 1986
- Opened
- September 18, 1985
- Closed
- November 8, 1986
- Performances
- 474
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Of the 465 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and record a performance count, this is the 51st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Song and Dance 1 more that season
| 1982 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it16 named
Charlotte D Amboise
Denise Faye
Gen Horiuchi
Mary Ellen Stuart
Buddy Balou
Victor Barbee
John Meehan
Lynne Savage
8 of these 16 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 8 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Richard Maltby Jr., Richard Maltby
- Choreographer
- Peter Martins
- Producer
- Cameron Mackintosh, Shubert Organization, FWM Producing Group
- Orchestrations
- David Cullen
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 0 nominations
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
Tell Me on a Sunday was paired with an orchestral piece of Lloyd Webber’s Variations to make up the show Song and Dance. It opened at London’s Palace 551 Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 573
Gene Buck, one of Cohan’s best friends wrote: A part of our nation died when George made his final exit. The Song and Dance Man (as he loved to refer to himself), our First Actor and the greatest single figure the American Theatre ever developed in its history has gone to his eternal rest.
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 132- The virtually ignored score has a number of delightful songs, including Clyde’s testament to Lisette, “Lost in Loveliness” (which was, well, lovely). Other pleasant ballads were his “My Heart Won’t Say Goodbye” and his and Lisette’s romantic “In Paris and in Love.” Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 367
- Her performance in Song and Dance winning her a well-deserved Tony Award. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 248
- Not everything Lloyd Webber does involves tremendous stage effects. The first act of Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York) consists of a one-woman show, while the second features a solo dancer. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 239
- His most notable successes include Cats (1981, London; 1982, New York), Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York), Les Misérables (1985, London; 1987, New York), The Phantom of the Opera (1986, London; 1988, New York), Miss Saigon (1989, London; 1991, New York), and Mary Poppins (2005, London; 2006, New York). Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 244
- Subsequent Wagnerian musicals include Merlin (1983), Song and Dance (1985), Chess (1988) More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1111
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Song and Dance at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.