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Come Summer

Come Summer

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Come Summer is a Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Will Holt and music by David Baker, based on Rainbow on the Road by Esther Forbes and vocal arrangements by Trude Rittmann. The original Broadway production opened on March 18, 1969 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre starring, Ray Bolger, Leonard John Crofoot, David Cryer, Cathryn Damon, Margaret Hamilton, and Barbara Sharma.

Opened
1969
Performances
7
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: David BakerLyrics: Will HoltBook: Will Holt

Productions1 on Broadway

1969 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. March 18, 1969 · Agnes de Mille 7 performances

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Baker also wrote the charming and melodic score for the 1969 Broadway musical Come Summer . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p659

His two Broadway musicals, Copper and Brass (1957) and Come Summer (1969) had short runs, but those songs that have surfaced from the former are cheerful, and his Come Summer score is rich in melody. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p858

Cryer—whose then-husband, David, leading man of Come Summer (1969) and Ari (1971), was also thwarted in his Broadway bid—and Ford never returned to Broadway, although they enjoyed a long-running downtown hit with I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road (1978). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p850

His sporadic producing career continued, with The Body Beautiful (1958, Bock and Harnick’s first collaboration), The Girls Against the Boys (1959), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), Come Summer (1969), Mitch Leigh’s closed-out-of-town Halloween (1972), Irene (1973), The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and Comin’ Uptown (1979). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p966

Tony Awards were won by René Auberjonois (supporting actor) and Cecil Beaton (costume designer). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p202

Cryer—whose then-husband, David, leading man of Come Summer (1969) and Art (1971), was also thwarted in his Broadway bid—and Ford never returned to Broadway, although they enjoyed a long-running downtown hit with Im Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road (1978). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p849

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