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Tricks

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Based on Moliere's Les Fourberies de Scapin, the scheming servant Scapin uses disguises, lies, and stratagems to help two young lovers overcome their tyrannical fathers' objections to their marriages. His increasingly elaborate tricks lead to farcical chaos before love triumphs.

Opened
1973
Performances
8
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Jerry Blatt, Lonnie BursteinLyrics: Jerry Blatt, Lonnie BursteinBook: Jon Jory

Productions1 on Broadway

1973 Alvin Theatre Original. January 8, 1973 · Jon Jory 8 performances

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Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature4 passages

Saddler was saddled with more than his share of stinkers (Shangri-La, Sophie, Tricks, Teddy and Alice), and his greatest work was in the revivals of No, No, Nanette and On Your Toes. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p232

Tricks the Devil Taught Me 140 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p530

Levin’s final musical production was the 1973 disaster Tricks, a musical imported from Louisville. book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p250

* The musical Tricks (1973) was an eight-performance flop, but it featured Rene Auberjonois and Christopher Murney, two outstanding comic actors working in the commedia style (right down to the pissing on stage). book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p53

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