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The Musicals Collection 5: Me & My Girl

Me And My Girl

Shows · Me And My Girl

One of the most unlikely Broadway hits of 1986 was an almost fifty-year-old London musical comedy that, despite its near record-breaking run of 1,646 performances, had always been deemed too “English” to be considered for a New York showing before.

Opened
1986
Performances
1,412
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Noel GayLyrics: Douglas Furber, etc.Book: L. Arthur Rose & Douglas Furber; revised by Stephen Fry

Productions1 on Broadway

1986 Marquis Theatre Original. August 10, 1986 · Mike Ockrent 1,412 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature30 passages

One of the most unlikely Broadway hits of 1986 was an almost fifty-year-old London musical comedy that, despite its near record-breaking run of 1,646 performances, had always been deemed too “English” to be considered for a New York showing before. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p265

Top shows like Cats and Me and My Girl seldom used the TKTS Booth more than once or twice a year, but other, less popular shows relied on daily TKTS Booth sales to stay open. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p552

1986 10 August: Me and My Girl, a British show from the 1920s that had been recently revived in London, premieres at the Marquis Theater, running 1,420 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p31

Me and My Girl 1,420 performances Opened August 10, 1986 Closed December 31, 1989 book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p455

Credits at those theatres include Me and My Girl: Gypsy; She Loves Me; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; The Music Man; Some Like It Hot; Man of La Mancha; The Odd Couple; South Pacific; Oklahoma!; Grease; Wonderful Life! The Musical; and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among many others. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p538

Toner, Thomas Me and My Girl Secret Garden, The book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p434

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