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| 1961 | ANTA Original. January 16, 1961 · Albert Marre | 8 performances |
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The Conquering Hero (Tom Poston), I Picked a Daisy (which had been set to star Robert Horton, and which years later with another composer and another leading man became On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ), and Mata Hari (Pernell Roberts). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p829
Moose Charlap, composer of the hapless Whoop-Up (1958) and The Conquering Hero (1961). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p530
Fosse himself had undergone a few bumpy years, with severe disappointments on his post-Redhead director/choreographer gigs: The Conquering Hero (1961), from which he was konked, and Frank Loesser’s costume operetta Pleasures and Palaces (1965), which died in Detroit. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p920
Following the 1961 musical The Conquering Hero (from which he was fired), Fosse choreographed Frank Loesser’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) and served as choreographer/codirector of Little Me (1962). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1094
Fosse’s next project was THE CONQUERING HERO? [January 16, 1961], from which he was fired, out of town; the show finally stumbled in with no director or choreographer credited. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p424
They also owned the album rights to three other musicals that starred (or were set to star) names from television (but these went unrecorded): The Conquering Hero (Tom Poston), I Picked a Daisy (which had been set to star Robert Horton, and which years later with another composer and another leading man became On a Cle… book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p834
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