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42nd Street is a 1980 stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer and music by Harry Warren.The 1980 Broadway production won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography and it became a long-running hit.
42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers.
When it closed on January 13, 2002, it had run for 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical. The current longest-running musical on Broadway is The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988 and played its final performance in 2023. [129] M denotes a musical and P denotes a straight play.
Long after the curtain drops on “naughty, bawdy, sporty 42nd Street,” the lingering, rhythmic staccato of tap-dancing feet places an exclamation point on the archetypal Broadway fairy tale.
Music Lyrics Book Tony Olivier Notes 42nd Street: 1980 Harry Warren: Al Dubin: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble: 1981: 1984: The Broadway revival in 2001 won the Tony for Best Revival. 1776: 1969 Sherman Edwards: Edwards Peter Stone: 1969: Ain't Misbehavin' 1978 Fats Waller: various Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr. 1978: Annie: 1977 Charles ...
The song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" has been added to the score of the stage musical 42nd Street for its 2017 West End run being performed by Sheena Easton in the character of Dorothy Brock: the Daily Express opined that "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" seemed "out of place" in 42nd Street while stating that Easton sang the song "splendidly". [3]
"42nd Street" is the title song from the 1933 Warner Bros. backstage musical film 42nd Street, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. The song was published in 1932. It is the finale of the film, where it was sung by Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and ensemble.
Ethel Ruby Keeler [1] (August 25, 1909 [1] – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to actor and singer Al Jolson.