Productions1 on Broadway
| 1948 | Ziegfeld Theatre Original. September 20, 1948 · Jules Dassin | 88 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Magdalena matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature17 passages
In 1948, she was one of his co-choreographers for the Broadway musical Magdalena , and she worked with him in a succession of six film musicals during the early 1950s, in which he choreographed and she was a chorus (and sometimes lead) dancer: On the Riviera (1951); Meet Me after the Show (1951); The Merry Widow (1952)… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p15
He noted the evening would be perfect for those who enjoyed Magdalena (which had also starred Raitt) and My Romance (which had starred Jeffreys), both major flops that opened in 1948. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p240
Returning to New York, he found it difficult to find a worthwhile vehicle, ending up in the flops Magdalena, Three Wishes for Jamie, and Carnival in Flanders. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p63
John Raitt had made his mark as Billy Bigelow in the original production of Carousel (1945), but Magdalena and Three Wishes for Jamie were disappointing failures that lasted about three months apiece. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p243
For the team of Robert Wright and George Forrest, At the Grand was their third Broadway-bound musical for which they had composed an original score (their 1945 musical Spring in Brazil closed during its pre-Broadway tryout as did their 1957 show The Carefree Heart; the latter didn’t have much more success in London whe… book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p808
Villa-Lobos’ “Magdalena” was one of the musicals mentioned. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p321
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