Productions6 on Broadway
| 1933 | Booth Theatre Original. May 15, 1933 · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1956 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival. December 1, 1956 · Tyrone Guthrie | 73 performances |
| 1959 | Shaftesbury Theatre Transfer. April 30, 1959 | |
| 1963 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 1974 | Broadway Theatre Revival. March 10, 1974 · Patricia Birch | 740 performances |
| 1997 | Gershwin Theatre Revival. April 29, 1997 · Harold Prince | 104 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Candide (1974 Version) matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature42 passages
Another hopeful sign is the number of opera companies that have added musical theatre works to their repertoires. Not only does this help break down artificial barriers, it also creates new audiences for such notable examples as the Kern-Hammerstein Show Boat , the Gershwin-Heyward Porgy and Bess , the Rodgers-Hammerst… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p13
There have been a few exceptions, such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) and Nine (1982), but the odds are against success: over three dozen musicals set wholly (or partially) in Italy have floundered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, or on the road. Seven alone opened during the 1950s; besides The Liar… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p61
Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella (1956), Leonard Bernstein’s Candide (1956), and Blitzstein’s Juno (1959). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p320
Robert Rounseville created the title role in the original Broadway production of Candide. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p399
The London production had a short run, and an attempt to resuscitate the musical with some of the original cast members reprising their Broadway roles went nowhere. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p599
In his American Drama since World War II , Gerald Weales wrote that Candide was “not only the most sophisticated product of the American musical stage,” it was “probably the most imaginative American play to reach Broadway since the war.” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p601
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