Zorba

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In the literature29 passages

Kander and Ebb, who wrote the memorable score for Cabaret, also wrote the score for the next Imperial tenant, Zorba (1968), a musical based on the film Zorba the Greek. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p182

A new production of the musical Zorba, starring Anthony Quinn. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p211

Even his so-called failures, such as Follies, Sweeney Todd, and Zorba, have become legendary shows and have expanded the world of musical theater. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p446

Despite the national tour of Zorba and a brief return to Broadway in the songbook revue A Musical Jubilee, Raitt spent most of the next thirty-five years recording and concertizing. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p63

TOP: Carmen Alvarez (here with Al De Sio and John Cunningham) had previously only played heavy dance roles. As the doomed widow in Zorba, she proved herself as a fine dramatic actress. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p336

As the Girls Go, Seventh Heaven, Goldilocks, On a Clear Day, Zorba, The Act, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman—each of which saw fit to raise the prevailing price plateau—all floundered and flopped. That’s show biz. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p35

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