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| 1983 | Minskoff Theatre Original. May 11, 1983 · Alan Jay Lerner | 1 performances |
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Strouse’s next Broadway outing was Dance a Little Closer, for which he teamed with Alan Jay Lerner. Lerner also contributed the libretto and direction to Dance a Little Closer, an updating of Robert. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p529
His romantic title song of his Dance a Little Closer show a composer who won't settle for anything less than absolute dramatic truth. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p49
Other short-lived post-Camelot musicals included Lolita, My Love (1972), Carmelina (1979), and Dance a Little Closer (1983) with music composed by John Barry, Lane, and Charles Strouse, respectively. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p330
Lerner’s final musical, written with composer Charles Strouse, was the one-performance Dance a Little Closer (1983). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1100
Strouse followed his three post—Annie flops with six more, namely Dance a Little Closer (1983), Mayor (1985), Rags (1986), Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge (1990), Nick and Nora (1991), and Annie Warbucks (1993). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1108
With work proceeding at Lerner’s typically lethargic pace, Joe Stein came in to help with the libretto; the pair had collaborated on singer Hildegarde’s radio show back in the old, pre-Brigadoon (1947) days. The plot—about three Gls who discover after twenty years that they’ve been paying child support for the same bam… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p174
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