Productions7 on Broadway
| 1970 | Alvin Theatre Original. April 26, 1970 · Harold Prince | 705 performances · 6 Tony wins |
| 1972 | Her Majesty's Theatre Transfer. January 11, 2016 | |
| 1993 | Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival. April 11, 1993 · Harold Prince | 2 performances |
| 1995 | Criterion Center Stage Right Revival. October 5, 1995 · Scott Ellis | 68 performances |
| 2006 | Ethel Barrymore Theatre Revival. November 29, 2006 · John Doyle | 246 performances |
| 2006 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2021 | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Revival. December 9, 2021 · Marianne Elliott | 300 performances |
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Recordings 10 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Company matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature50 passages
Not quite the format for a long-running smash, perhaps, but the show’s innovations did turn up in later productions such as Company and A Chorus Line(non-linear stories), Hallelujah, Baby! (characters did not age over a long period of time), and Chicago (conceived as “A Musical Vaudeville”). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p162
The musical bore a certain kinship with Company, which also was about jaded, ambivalent characters, took a disenchanted view of marriage, and used the structural device of a party to bring a group of people together. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p256
the 1970s institutionalized the concept musical as a viable alternative to the traditional book musical (Stephen Sondheim’s Company , Follies , and Pacific Overtures ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p3
It reminded one critic of the musical Company, which examines the relationships of the leading male character with his friends. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p295
Harold Prince is the most successful producer/ director of the second half of the 20th century. He expanded the art form of musical theater first as a producer with his collaborations with Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. He continued to refine and improve the art form through highly successful collaborations with John… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p446
Comden and Green broke the jinx with On the Twentieth Century (2/19/78; 460 performances). Cy Coleman provided a complex score for this musical. The show joined STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S Follies and Company as one of the best musicals of the 1970s. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p499
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