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| 1963 | Broadway Original. December 8, 1963 · Joe Layton | 112 performances |
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In 1963, The Sleeping Prince was adapted into the Broadway musical The Girl Who Came to Supper with lyrics and music by Noel Coward. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p889
His final book show as composer, The Girl Who Came to Supper, was an even bigger disappointment, despite a wonderful performance by Florence Henderson. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p56
Had her next Broadway vehicle, The Girl Who Came to Supper, been a hit, perhaps we would have never lost her to an extended stay in La-La Land. Co-starring Jose Ferrer, an actor at the bottom of everyone’s list to play a handsome, dashing prince in a musical, its failure wasn’t remotely her fault, for Henderson mined e… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p103
After his stylish, groundbreaking work on No Strings, he directed the misguided The Girl Who Came to Supper and Sherry, and his sharp, nonstop staging of George M! was followed by the relative tedium of Dear World and Two By Two. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p305
Noted for his wit and flamboyance, Coward was a playwright, director, actor, and singer, in addition to composer, such as for Sail Away (1961) and The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963) during the Golden Age. Tony nominations: Best Direction (Musical), High Spirits, 1964; Best Author (Musical), The Girl Who Came to Supper,… book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p185
Layton’s work was excellent, causing Coward to retain him for his last musical, The Girl Who Came to Supper. book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p265
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