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Newlyweds Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler aboard the Olympic in September 1928 Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street (1933). Around 1923, when she was around 14 years old, she was hired by Nils Granlund, the publicity manager for Loews Theaters, who also served as the stage-show producer for Texas Guinan at Larry Fay's El Fay nightclub, a speakeasy frequented by gangsters.
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.
In June 1980, the musical premiered in out-of-town tryouts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is located in Washington, D.C. [4] The musical opened on Broadway on August 25, 1980, at the Winter Garden Theatre, [5] and then moved to the Majestic and finally to the St. James, closing on January 8, 1989, after 3,486 performances and 6 previews.
Mark Bramble (December 7, 1950 – February 20, 2019) was an American theatre director, author, and producer.He was nominated for a Tony Award three times, for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Barnum and 42nd Street (1981) and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, 42nd Street (2001).
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 Strouse: Martin Charnin: Thomas Meehan: 1977
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In 1980, producer David Merrick and director Gower Champion adapted the 1933 film 42nd Street into a Broadway musical that won The Tony Award for Best Musical in 1981. The book for the show was written by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and featured a score that incorporated Warren and Dubin songs from various movie musicals including 42nd Street, Dames, Go Into Your Dance, Gold Diggers of ...
Bradford Ropes (January 1, 1905 – November 21, 1966) was an American novelist and screenwriter whose work includes the novel 42nd Street that was adapted into the 1933 film of the same name, which then became a Tony Award-winning stage musical. [1]