Productions1 on Broadway
| 1951 | Winter Garden Theatre Original. April 18, 1951 · John C. Wilson | 102 performances |
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The failure of MAKE A WISH [April 18, 1951] virtually ended Martin’s Broadway career. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p376
Styne’s Broadway producing career began with a major failure (MAKE A WISH! [Martin: April 18, 1951]), followed by the highly successful revival of PAL JOEY. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p408
Martin followed the failure of MAKE A WISH [April 18, 1951] with the highly successful if old-fashioned London musical LOVE FROM JUDY, collaborating with Timothy Gray (who had contributed uncredited lyrics to MAKE A WISH). book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p235
Styne determined to become a Broadway producer. His first show was a poorly produced mess of a fail- ure, MAKE A WISH! [Martin: April 18, 1951]), which was followed by the highly successful revival [January 3, 1952] of PAL JOEY [Rodgers: December 25, 1940]. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p258
We should note some more or less direct-from-Broadway fifties movie preservations. Martin’s own music and lyrics can be heard in Make A Wish (Victor, Sepia)—a Sondheim favorite, by the way— book:anything-goes-a-history-of-american-musical-theatre-ethan-mordden#p422
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