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| 1976 | Mark Hellinger Original. May 4, 1976 | 7 performances |
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In the literature31 passages
A clumsy musical history of the White House by no less than Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein. It was Bernstein's final work for Broadway. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p314
Lerner and Bernstein’s collaboration, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (5/4/76; 7 performances), was written to commemorate the American Bicentennial. The show proved to be a legendary failure. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p316
And A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (He also had a hand in some flops, including Seventh Heaven, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Ankles Aweigh.) book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p130
Bernstein took up the baton as conductor of the New York Philharmonic until 1969, creating a sensation with his vigorous, vital conducting and his popular young people’s concerts. Away from the theatre for nearly twenty years, he returned to Broadway with the troubled production 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with a incredi… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p324
A potentially promising collaboration with the brilliant Leonard Bernstein in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) closed within a week. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p330
Although this promising but problematic show vanished after only seven Broadway performances, Bernst book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p361
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