Productions1 on Broadway
| 1978 | Mark Hellinger Theatre Original. March 1, 1978 · Geoffrey Holder | 243 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Timbuktu! matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature7 passages
The two-CD set by That’s Entertainment (# CDTER2-1170) includes “Bored,” “In the Beginning, Woman,” “Golden Land, Golden Life,” “My Magic Lamp,” and “Power” (the latter written for, but not used in, Timbuktu! ). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p355
Kismet made its way back to Broadway renamed Timbuktu! book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p263
She starred as Marsinah in Timbuktu! (1978). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p266
Timbuktu! a pale Kismet indeed. (Drake, in 53, also had Doretta Morrow, Joan Diener, and Richard Kiley in support, giving the show four strong-voiced personalities.) What Timbuktu! did have was Eartha Kitt and a bunch of near-naked musclemen prancing about—not enough for most audiences. (“Timbuktu-tu-much,” reported Va… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p935
Timbuktu!, a musical revamp of Kismet with Eartha Kitt, was not much better in 1978. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p314
“Timbuktu!” (a revised version of “Kismet’’ with an all-black cast), book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p437
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