Productions1 on Broadway
| 1980 | Nederlander Theatre Original. October 20, 1980 · John Dexter |
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In the literature9 passages
One Night Stand proved not even equal to its title, closing on October 25, 1980, after eight previews. Herb Gardner provided the lyrics. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p540
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
ONE NIGHT STAND was misconceived, and there were no musical theatre professionals involved (except the seventy-five-year-old Styne) capable of even beginning to deal with realities. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p425
' Kick the Door—cut; see ONE NIGHT STAND book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p266
Styne returned with his first new Broadway musical to open since SUGAR [April 9, 1972]. Well, not open; ONE NIGHT STAND closed after eight previews. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p269
Styne returned with a musical about a successful stage and film composer who invites the audience to an evening of entertainment which will be followed by his suicide at 10 P.M ., the songs and dances preceding the suicide to explain what went wrong. book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p115
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