Productions1 on Broadway
| 1955 | Shubert Theatre Original. November 30, 1955 · Harold Clurman | 246 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
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In the literature32 passages
Dropped during preproduction were the songs “Nobody’s Fool,” “Cannery Row,” and “A Man of Some Intelligence.” It appears “Sitting on the Porch in the Moonlight,” which had been cut from Allegro, was at one point considered for Pipe Dream. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p519
The show, although not as well regarded as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest hits, was better received than Allegro, Pipe Dream, or Me and Juliet. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p466
Even songwriters like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and Jerry Herman, who supplied both music and lyrics also worked in teams, repeatedly pairing up with the same librettists. The team of Rodgers and Hammerstein created nine indelible shows in only sixteen years, plus an original film score (State Fair) and an original t… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p62
Replacing a miscast Helen Traubel in Pipe Dream (1955), and many said her presence in the role of Flora made the whole show fall into place. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p202
In addition to songs from the film, including “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” other songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog were added to the show, including “The Man I Used to Be” from Pipe Dream. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p367
"By contrast, K & H admit their preference in Pipe Dream for characters whose 'problems are simple....' We find pleasure that their worries, this time, are not concerned with the future of a kingdom [King and I] or with miscegenation [South Pacific]." In Mandelbaum, Sol Since "Carrie," p. 347. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p757
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