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Leader of the Pack is a 1984 American jukebox musical based on the life and music of singer/songwriter Ellie Greenwich. [1] The musical tells the story of Greenwich's career and personal life from the 1950s to the 1980s, using songs written or co-written by Greenwich, along with Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Kent, and Ellen Foley.
Leap of Faith is a stage musical based on the 1992 American movie of the same name, which starred Steve Martin.The music is by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Janus Cercone and Warren Leight about a con man posing as a man of faith, who is redeemed by the love of a good woman.
Li'l Abner is a 1956 musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on other topics, ranging from American politics and incompetence in the United States federal government to propriety and gender ...
The show introduced one of the best [5] Schwartz-Dietz songs, "Dancing in the Dark", which was also the title of one of the two motion pictures made from this show. (The other was The Band Wagon . ) This was the first New York production to use the double revolving stage for the songs and sketches.
Smile is considered a "lost" musical because no official cast recording was ever made. However, there does exist a demo CD by Broadway Original cast for Samuel French Publishing, which is a primary source for groups performing the show. Because of that, demos by original cast are audible at their merchandizing site, but they have never been ...
The TODAY show weatherman Al Roker made a special appearance in Broadway's "Back to the Future" musical on March 28. Go behind the scenes of his role as Principal Strickland.
The musical opened on Broadway in 1949 (running for 740 performances and introducing Carol Channing), a London production was mounted in 1962, and there was a Broadway revival in 1995. It was made into a 1953 film of the same name , starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe .
Musicals Tonight! presented the musical in concert in June 2000 in New York City. [4] [5] 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco, California presented the show in staged concert in 2001. [6] [7] An original cast recording, orchestrated by composer Anderson and Philip J. Lang, was released by Columbia Records.