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Li’l Abner

Li’l Abner

Shows · Li’l Abner

Following the lead of Finian’s Rainbow, Li’l Abner was a musical fantasy set in a rural Southern community that aimed satirical darts at existing social conditions. Here the main targets are the government’s propensity for bull-dozing areas for atom-bomb tests, right-wing militarists, inefficient politicians, and conformity. Based on the comic strip by Al Capp (who, ironically, would later adopt some of the views the…

Opened
1956
Performances
693
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Gene de PaulLyrics: Johnny MercerBook: Norman Panama & Melvin Frank

Licensing 2 entries

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

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