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Song & Dance (1982 original London cast)

Song and Dance

Shows · Song and Dance

In 1979 when Andrew Lloyd Webber composed a set of variations on Paganini’s A-Minor Caprice that seemed perfect for a ballet; the “Song” originated a year later with a one-woman television show, Tell Me on a Sunday , consisting entirely of musical pieces. Two years after that both works were presented together in London as a full evening’s entertainment.

Opened
1985
Performances
474
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Andrew Lloyd WebberLyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby Jr.

Productions2 on Broadway

1982 Transfer Theatre not recorded. · predates this show
1985 Royale Theatre Original. September 18, 1985 · Richard Maltby Jr. 474 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals ALW Collection available

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In the literature27 passages

The virtually ignored score has a number of delightful songs, including Clyde’s testament to Lisette, “Lost in Loveliness” (which was, well, lovely). Other pleasant ballads were his “My Heart Won’t Say Goodbye” and his and Lisette’s romantic “In Paris and in Love.” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p367

Her performance in Song and Dance winning her a well-deserved Tony Award. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p248

Not everything Lloyd Webber does involves tremendous stage effects. The first act of Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York) consists of a one-woman show, while the second features a solo dancer. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p239

His most notable successes include Cats (1981, London; 1982, New York), Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York), Les Misérables (1985, London; 1987, New York), The Phantom of the Opera (1986, London; 1988, New York), Miss Saigon (1989, London; 1991, New York), and Mary Poppins (2005, London; 2006, New York). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p244

Subsequent Wagnerian musicals include Merlin (1983), Song and Dance (1985), Chess (1988) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1111

Subsequent Wagnerian musicals include Merlin (1983), Song and Dance (1985) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p1110

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