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Look to the Lilies

Shows · Look to the Lilies

Her final Broadway musical was the short-lived Look to the Lilies, a Jule Styne musicalization of the hit film Lilies of the Field, in which, despite her shortcomings in some departments, she gave a customarily heartfelt and touching performance, particularly in her exceedingly well-played scenes with Al Freeman Jr.

Opened
1970
Performances
25
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Jule StyneLyrics: Sammy CahnBook: Leonard Spigelgass

Productions1 on Broadway

1970 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. March 29, 1970 · Joshua Logan 25 performances

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In the literature19 passages

Styne teamed up with his old partner Sammy Cahn for Look to the Lilies (3/29/70; 51g book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p539

After Fanny (and such straight drama hits as Mister Roberts), Logan’s golden touch seemed to disappear, and he turned out flop after flop, including Al! American (where his Staging of the “Physical Fitness” number seemed gratuitously fleshy, even for him), Mr. President, Hot September (a musicalization of play Picnic,… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p309

Look to the Liles, incidentally, was intended as a Merman vehicle. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p566

Look to the Lilies (1970) all slid down the tin pan hopper, and deservedly so. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1003

Two by Two, Rex, I Remember Mama, Carmelina, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Look to the Lilies, One Night Stand, and The Red Shoes. The trouble with these shows was decidedly mo¢ in the ears of the beholders. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p39

Look to the Lilies, incidentally, was intended as a Merman vehicle. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p565

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