Productions1 on Broadway
| 1981 | Palace Theatre Original. March 29, 1981 · Robert Moore | 770 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature28 passages
Not appearing until halfway through the second act, she won a Tony Award for her single scene, one of the shortest stage times ever to yield a Tony. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p167
Woman of the Year, in 1980, featured a brassy, highly enjoyable Kander and Ebb score and a bona fide star turn from Lauren Bacall. The loyalty of longtime friend Chita Rivera, dating back to the national tour of Zorba, was rewarded with their intimate songs for The Rink. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p181
Woman of the Year (1981). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p211
Woman of the Year (1981) had no such obstacles: just outlandishly high royalties, a bad book and score, and Lauren Bacall/Raquel Welch/Debbie Reynolds in the lead for 770 performances. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p37
Despite kindly reviews and a quartet of Tony Awards, Bacall and company were unable to counteract audience apathy and outsized costs; capitalized at $2 million, the show came in at an astounding $2.7 million with a whoppingly high royalty package (21.25% of the gross p/us 10% to Bacall and, of course, the theatre renta… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1000
Lauren Bacall managed to carry this show for a decent though un-profitable run. The well-written and literate Oscar-winning screen-play was turned into a one-sided comic strip, leaving nothing much to amuse audiences but Marilyn Cooper. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p539
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