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| 1944 | Ziegfeld Theatre Original. December 7, 1944 · Hassard Short, Philip Loeb | 183 performances |
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In her early career, Worth appeared in a number of short-lived musicals (Very Warm for May, Higher and Higher, Bright Lights of 1944, Jackpot, and Seven Lively Arts), and was also closely associated with Mary Martin. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p184
Porter’s next show was The Seven Lively Arts (12/7/44; 183 performances). The cast was superlative: Beatrice Lillie, Bert Lahr, Benny Goodman, Alicia Markova, and Dolores Gray headlined. The revue introduced one hit, “Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye,” one of Porter’s greatest ballads. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p439
The Seven Lively Arts, 417, 586 book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p683
After laying them in the aisles in Du Barry Was a Lady, he next returned to the musical stage in the revues Seven Lively Arts (costarring with another utterly brilliant, utterly unique clown, Bea Lillie) and Two on the Aisle, costarring (and feuding) with Dolores Gray. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p99
While these shows contained the occasional gem (The Show Is On had “I Love You” and Seven Lively Arts boasted a fine score by Kurt Weill, including “All I Know”), in general, they were flops. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p178
Two successive failures, Seven Lively Arts (1944) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1946), prompted Porter and his backers to question the commercial vitality of the pre–Rodgers and Hammerstein–type musical. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p262
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