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Fanny

Fanny

Shows · Fanny

Fanny takes us to the colorful, bustling port of Marseilles “not so long ago” for a musical version of Marcel Pagnol’s French film trilogy, Marius, Fanny, and César. Compressed into one story, the heavily plotted tale — with its intensely emotional score — concerns Marius (William Tabbert), who yearns to go to sea; his father, César (Ezio Pinza), the local café owner; Panisse (Walter Slezak), a well-to-do middle-aged…

Opened
1954
Performances
888
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Harold RomeLyrics: Harold RomeBook: S. N. Behrman & Joshua Logan

Productions2 on Broadway

1926 Lyceum Theatre Original. September 21, 1926 · predates this show 63 performances
1954 Majestic Theatre Revival. November 4, 1954 · Joshua Logan 888 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.

Recordings 2 albums held

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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In the literature46 passages

In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. A much more successful revival played on Broadway in 1992. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p166

In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p194

During the tryout, “Oysters, Cockles and Mussels” was titled “Fish Market.” The song “I Have to Tell You” was a revised version of Rome’s “I Shouldn’t Love You” from the 1948 musical That’s the Ticket! , which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout. For the post-Broadway tour, “Every Night” was added for Fanny. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p425

The production marked David Merrick’s first Broadway musical, and he went all out for various publicity stunts; moreover, Fanny was the first musical to have a full-page advertisement in the New York papers. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p426

despite the Belasco production and Brice's clowning, it lasted only 63 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p39

Merrick claimed he was born on November 4, 1954, the day his first big hit, HAROLD RoMe’s musical Fanny, opened. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p372

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