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| 1965 | Broadhurst Theatre Original. February 6, 1965 · Herbert Ross | 1 performances |
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The show’s movie version, in 1943, featured Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, and Red Skelton. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p133
the musical got the most disparaging reviews of the season and its $650,000 loss was a new record. Ironically, the score developed a cult following and was recorded thirty years later. book:broadway-plays-and-musicals-descriptions-and-essential-thomas-s-hischak-proquest#p247
His directorial debut of a Broadway musical was also his swan song: the legendary one-performance fiasco Kelly. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p166
Kelly, the very first musical of the post-1964 years, broke all records with a deficit of $650,000. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p35
MoreE OPENING NIGHTS 14 from the budgeted $480,000 to an astounding $675,000, causing it to be redubbed Costalot, they recovered their deficit and accumulated a nice profit, though. The more modest Fiddler on the Roof, which opened four months before Kelly, was budgeted at $375,000 and cost $450,000 to open. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p36
Harris played the cuckolded King in the rather dismal 1967 film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. This happy circumstance, for some unexplainable reason, proved to sell tickets in admirable numbers and resulted in a rather quick Broadway return engagement. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p158
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