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Bill & Ted Face the Music: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Face the Music

Shows · Face the Music

The mood of cynicism created by the Depression continued to spawn a number of sharply satirical Broadway musicals. The Gershwin brothers, Georges S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind had led the way with Strike Up the Band and Of Thee I Sing, and now it was the turn of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart (with Kaufman joining the project as director). In Face the Music the concern was with New York politicians and policemen with l…

Opened
1932
Performances
165
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Irving BerlinLyrics: Irving BerlinBook: Moss Hart

Productions2 on Broadway

1932 New Amsterdam Theatre Original. February 17, 1932 · Hassard Short, George S. Kaufman 165 performances
1933 44th Street Theatre Revival. January 31, 1933 · Albertina Rasch 31 performances

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Recordings 3 albums held

Bill & Ted Face the Music (Original Motion Picture Score)
Bill & Ted Face the Music (Original Motion Picture Score) Lakeshore Records. August 28, 2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bill & Ted Face the Music: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 10K Projects. August 28, 2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Bill & Ted Face the Music Rambling RECORDS R-2090683MT. November 11, 2020

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature38 passages

Sam Harris, who produced 32 musicals on Broadway, was also associated with Irving Berlin on The Cocoanuts, Face the Music, and As Thousands Cheer. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p61

Though it was a revue, the Irving Berlin-Moss Hart As Thousands Cheer was considered a successor to the Berlin-Hart book musical, Face the Music, since it also dealt satirically with topics of current interest. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p107

Berlin’s next score was for Face the Music (2/17/32), which featured the songs “Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee” and “Soft Lights and Sweet Music.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p89

Face the Music (2/17/32; 166 performances) book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298

17 February: Face the Music, with score by Berlin and satirical book by Moss Hart, debuts at the New Amsterdam Theater, running for 165 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p20

in some dozen major book shows written between 1914 and 1962 that were designated musical comedies or might be considered such (The Cocoanuts, 1925; Face the Music, 1932; Louisiana Purchase, 1940; Annie Get Your Gun, 1946; Call Me Madam, 1950). book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p182

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