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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.
Here was a show in which cynicism, sophistication, bogus sentimentality and high spirits were as much the content as the form of an otherwise traditional Broadway musical. The first production [1940] shocked a lot of critics and many theatergoers. There was no question about the quality of the Richard Rodgers score and Lorenz Hart lyrics.
Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas.Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Technicolor feature-length film (after On with the Show!, also released that year by Warner Bros).
Jitney ran successfully Off-Broadway, and was the only one of the 10 Pittsburgh Cycle plays not to appear promptly on Broadway, possibly because Wilson's previous play had lost money, making investors cautious.
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.
The show received mostly mixed reviews on Broadway. As Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times : "Its breadth doesn't always translate into depth." He praised the acting of many in the large cast and noted the continued experiential relevance of the AIDS crises, stating "That effort to conjure a nightmare era in danger of being forgotten by ...
G.I.T. on Broadway, also known as Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway, [a] is a 1969 television special produced by Motown Productions and George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions.
After tryouts in Philadelphia and Boston, and only four previews on Broadway in 1966, the show was closed by producer David Merrick at a total financial loss. Its only revival was a staged concert in 2013 at a 200-seat venue in London. A studio recording was released in 2001. The musical is one of the most notorious fiascos in Broadway history.