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Goodtime Charley

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The determined Joan of Arc (Ann Reinking) battles her English adversaries and puts the diminutive Dauphin, Charles ( Joel Grey), back on the French throne, but she dies at the stake for her beliefs. Also cast: Louis Zorich, Susan Browning, Richard B. Shull, Jay Garner.

Opened
1975
Performances
104
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Larry GrossmanLyrics: Hal HackadyBook: Sidney Michaels

Productions1 on Broadway

1975 Palace Theatre Original. March 3, 1975 · Peter H. Hunt 104 performances

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Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature20 passages

His presence as the Dauphin of France threw off the dramatic balance, in a story that should have focused on Ann Reinking’s character, Joan of Arc. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p55

One of the most underrated of the great choreographers, Onna White’s work always reflected character, advanced the plot, and displayed abundant invention. Comparisons of her work on the original productions with that of recent revivals show exactly how brilliant Onna White could be. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p210

It happens to be the first in which the heroine goes up in smoke before the final curtain. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p370

he’s been sparking a chain of musicals ever since (including Goodtime Charley [1975], The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [1978], La Cage aux Folles [1983], and the 1995 revival of Hello, Dolly!). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p788

[with 5 pans] Ambassador Ari Billy A Broadway Musical Coco Good News Goodtime Charley Her First Roman Here’s Where I Belong I Remember Mama La Strada Mack & Mabel Merrily We Roll Along Molly Music Is Oh, Brother! Rainbow Jones Rex So Long, 174th Street Timbuktu! A Time for Singing The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall Via… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1075

The absence of the film’s title song, in fact, was clearly a liability and universally noted. A song with lyrics, incidentally, by actor Jim Dale (to music by Tom Springfield). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p350

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