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Camelot

Shows · Camelot

Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel The Once and Future King by T.

Opened
1960
Performances
873
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Frederick LoeweLyrics: Alan Jay LernerBook: Alan Jay Lerner

Productions8 on Broadway

1960 Majestic Theatre Original. December 3, 1960 · Moss Hart (Alan Jay Lerner uncredited) 873 performances
1964 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Transfer.
1980 New York State Theatre Revival. July 8, 1980 · Frank Dunlop 56 performances
1981 Winter Garden Theatre Return-Engagement. November 15, 1981 · Frank Dunlop 48 performances
1993 Gershwin Theatre Revival. June 21, 1993 · Norbert Joerder 56 performances
2011 Shubert Theatre Revival. June 6, 2011 · Moss Hart 1 performances
2023 Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival. April 13, 2023 · Bartlett Sher 116 performances
2023 Transfer Theatre not recorded.

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

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Camelot matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature54 passages

During the tryout, the following songs were deleted: “Muchee Good World,” “Sh!,” and “What Do Other Folks Do?” (the latter was redeveloped as “What Do the Simple Folk Do?” for Camelot in 1960). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p218

In 1981 Richard Harris starred in a revival of Camelot, and in 1982 Christopher Plummer played a memorable Iago to James Earl Jones's powerful Othello. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p67

Much was expected of Camelot, the Majesties next 253 book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p271

In 1991 and 1992, The Moscow Circus and Tommy Tune Tonite! played here, followed by a 1993 production of the Lerner/Loewe musical Camelot, starring Robert Goulet, the show's original Lancelot, who this time took the role of King Arthur. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p344

After the success of My Fair Lady there was tremendous pressure put on Lerner and Loewe. The result was bound to be a disappointment, and Camelot (12/3/60; 873 performances) was considered so by most of the critics. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p314

Despite mostly unfavorable reviews, the show went on to become one of the most-produced Broadway musicals. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p315

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