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The Happy Time

The Happy Time

Shows · The Happy Time

A gentle, nostalgic look at a French-Canadian family, The Happy Time was adapted from the novel by Robert Fontaine and the play by Samuel Taylor. The story is primarily concerned with the coming of age of Bibi Bonnard (Mike Rupert) and his desire to see the world with his Uncle Jacques (Robert Goulet), a footloose magazine photographer who has returned to his family for a brief visit.

Opened
1968
Performances
286
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: John KanderLyrics: Fred EbbBook: N. Richard Nash

Productions2 on Broadway

1950 Plymouth Theatre Original. January 24, 1950 · Robert Lewis · predates this show 614 performances
1968 Broadway Theatre Revival. January 18, 1968 286 performances

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In the literature45 passages

The Happy Time bore a certain resemblance to 110 in the Shade, a previous musical by N. Richard Nash that had also been presented by David Merrick. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p214

The Happy Time.The (musical), 192 Happy Time, The (play), I 13 book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p365

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN produced Samuel Taylor’s The Happy Time (1/24/50; 614 performances), with Claude Dauphin, Johnny Stewart, Eva Gabor, and Kurt Kasznar. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p434

He won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Jacques Bonnard in The Happy Time (1968). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p170

RUPERT, MICHAEL (ALSO KNOWN AS MIKE RUPERT, 1951– ). Singing actor who made his Broadway debut at age 16 as Bibi Bonnard in The Happy Time. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p342

(Little did everyone know that the month’s big musical, The Happy Time, with heavyweights Merrick, Champion, and Goulet in attendance, would eventually wipe both of ’em off the books with a million-dollar wipeout.) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p241

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