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Mr. President

Mr. President

Shows · Mr. President

Stephen Decatur Henderson, a fictional outgoing President of the United States, and his wife Nell navigate the transition from the White House to private life. Their daughter Leslie's romance with a young man whose father is a political enemy adds personal tension to the political comedy. The show follows the First Family through the final days of the presidency and their adjustment to life as ordinary citizens again…

Opened
1962
Performances
265
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Irving BerlinLyrics: Irving BerlinBook: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse

Productions1 on Broadway

1962 St. James Theatre Original. October 20, 1962 · Joshua Logan 265 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 literature41 passages

Love Life , Arms and the Girl , Make a Wish (1951), and Mr. President (1962) were all financial failures with relatively brief Broadway runs. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p28

Arms and the Girl (1950), Make a Wish, and Mr. President (1962) were disappointments. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p145

an uninspired Irving Berlin musical, Mr. President (1962), also his last Broadway show, starring Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray; book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p280

Mr. President (10/20/62) was Berlin’s last score and the least suc- cessful of his shows, running only 265 performances. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p89

Once more into the fray, and another flop, Mr. President, which also sent Irving Berlin packing, and once more, Fabray was the best thing going, singing the infectious “They Love Me” as First Lady Nell Henderson. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p57

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

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