Seesaw

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The 1973 musical Seesaw, also with songs by Coleman and Fields and a book (though uncredited) by Neil Simon, was another New York tale of an ill-matched too-trusting kook and a too-square guy. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p240

Another unused song was “It’s Not Where You Start” (in 1973, Dorothy Fields used this title again for Seesaw ). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p375

William Gibson's Two for the Seesaw (1958), an enchanting two-character love story starring Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft, ran for almost two years; book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p111

The theatre's next tenant was much more successful. Seesaw, a musical version of William Gibson's hit comedy Two for the Seesaw, had music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, a book credited to Michael Bennett, and starred Ken Howard and Michele Lee. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p339

Dorothy Fields’ last Broadway show, Seesaw (3/18/73; 296 performances), was also written in collaboration with Cy Coleman. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p190

After taking the reins of Seesaw during its chaotic out-of-town-tryout, he next set out to create a new musical celebrating the individuality of the anonymous Broadway dancer. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p279

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