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| 1986 | Broadway Theatre Original. April 10, 1986 · Bob Fosse | 70 performances |
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There have been other musicals inspired by The Beggar’s Opera, including Beggar’s Holiday (1946, lyrics by John LaTouche and music by Duke Ellington); Big Deal, which opened in Chicago in 1961 (book by Paul Sills, lyrics by David S... book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p617
Another 1984 musical did not fare as well at this theatre. It was a new version of the old Ziegfeld show, The Three Musketeers (with a revised book by Mark Bramble). It lasted only 9 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p211
Subsequent musicals include the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, Big Deal (1986), Into the Woods (1987) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1113
Fosse staged a revival of Sweet Charity in 1986, which was followed by his final musical, the ill-conceived Big Deal (1987). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p1093
(11) “Dancin’ Dan” (sequence includes “Me and My Shadow,” lyric by Billy Rose and Al Jolson, music by Dave Dreyer; later in Big Deal, 1986) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p360
Big Deal (1986), a dance revue set to early song hits that appeared one year before his death, was the title of Bob Fosse’s last Broadway show. Although Fosse received a final Tony Award for Best Choreography, the show was not a success. book:big-deal-bob-fosse-and-dance-in-the-american-musical-kevin-winkler-oxford-univer#p13
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