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I Can Get It for You Wholesale

I Can Get It For You Wholesale

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I Can Get It for You Wholesale is a musical originally produced by David Merrick, with music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and book by Jerome Weidman, based on his 1937 novel of the same title. Its 1962 production marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Barbra Streisand, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Opened
1962
Performances
300
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Harold RomeLyrics: Harold RomeBook: Jerome Weidman

Productions1 on Broadway

1962 Shubert Theatre Original. March 22, 1962 · Arthur Laurents 300 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

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

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In the literature32 passages

I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 98, 149, 159-161, 172 book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p339

I Can Get It for You Wholesale, featuring the Broadway debut of Barbra Streisand, opens at the Shubert Theater. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p27

Joey Heatherton; when she tried to block the casting of Elliot Gould (of the 1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale), though, she was told that casting was none of her business and sent packing. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p272

So why not a South African/Yiddish score? Rome was an expert on native music of both stripes, it turned out, and the understated Zw/u is actually quite entrancing when taken on its own terms. It was tied to a hopeless interracial soap opera plot, though, causing songs and show to disappear quickly. The mid-60s being an… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1021

"I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 239, 250, 399, 999" book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1140

Rome was an expert on native music of both stripes, it turned out, and the understated Zułu is actually quite entrancing when taken on its own terms. It was tied to a hopeless interracial soap opera plot, though, causing songs and show to disappear quickly. The mid-’60s being an especially dry era for writers of tradit… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p1020

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