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Babes in Arms

Shows · Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff.

Opened
1937
Performances
289
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Lorenz HartBook: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Productions1 on Broadway

1937 Shubert Theatre Original. April 14, 1937 · Robert Sinclair 289 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 6 entries

US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available

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In the literature1 passages

Rodgers wrote many of his best songs in the years before and after this golden period (including the SOUTH PACIFIC [April 7, 1949] score). A close look at the theatre music of Richard Rodgers shows how very important and enduring his accomplishments, innovations and songs were. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p229

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