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| 1978 | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. December 21, 1978 · Gower Champion | 1 performances |
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In the 1970s, Strouse and Adams went their separate ways, collaborating only twice in the next twenty-five years on the flops A Broadway Musical and Bring Back Birdie, a rare (and unfortunate) musical sequel. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p49
A Broadway Musical proved a bargain at a cool million—all five opening within a grisly twelve weeks. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p36
Kean lost his two stars (Julius LaRosa and Helen Gallagher) and—needless to say— canned his black director-choreographer. Gower Champion, at the nadir of his career, made a half hearted rehabilitory stab at the material, but the fate of 4 Broadway Musical was preordained. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p136
Gower did—on to seven, count ’em, really bad shows (including such horrors as the out-of-town flop Prettybelle (1971], Rockabye Hamlet [1976], and A Broadway Musical [1978]) before drawing his career, and life, to a close on a high point in 1980 with 42nd Street. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p435
[with 5 pans] Ambassador Ari Billy A Broadway Musical Coco Good News Goodtime Charley Her First Roman Here’s Where I Belong I Remember Mama La Strada Mack & Mabel Merrily We Roll Along Molly Music Is Oh, Brother! Rainbow Jones Rex So Long, 174th Street Timbuktu! A Time for Singing The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall Via… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1075
A poorly produced Broadway musical about a poorly produced Broadway musical, A BROAD- WAY MUSICAL played its out-of-town tryout uptown—in Harlem. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p327
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