Productions1 on Broadway
| 1971 | Broadhurst Original. April 15, 1971 | 36 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 2 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature18 passages
Burns collapsed in the wings and died at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia after performing his “Go Visit Your Grandmother” showstopper. Undeniably sad, but somehow fitting for a man who spent nearly fifty years entertaining with his bluster. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p131
Her last Broadway job was as understudy to Mildred Natwick and Lillian Roth in the short-lived 70, Girls, 70 (1971). book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p202
In addition, she had unfortunate luck in the 1970s (aside from her witty, low-key musical staging in the hit / Love My Wife) with such credits as 70, Girls, 70; Goodtime Charley; and Working. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p210
After the dismal Boston opening, they brought in Alan Arkin (director of Neil Simon’s 1972 hit, The Sunshine Boys) and Grover Dale (last seen in Detroit, being nudged off the 1973 Seesaw), as well as writer/doctors Murray Schisgal and Norman Martin. So much for salvage. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p641
Whitelaw’s first Broadway show was also an enormous moneymaker, the 1969 Butterflies Are Free (starring—guess who—Eileen Heckart), but he followed it in quick succession with expensive failures Minnies Boys (1970) and 70, Girls, 70 (1971). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p966
The Kander-Ebb/Prince connection, the presence of old-time actors, and the Follies Girls titles confused theatregoers and the intimate musical quickly folded. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p536
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