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Joe Darion

JOE DARION  (1917 - 2001)

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Joe Darion's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Arch And Mehitabel         Haven         Illya Darling         Man Of La Mancha         Shinbone Alley

Arch And Mehitabel

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Mel Brooks And Joe Darion; music by George Kleinsinger; lyrics by Joe Darion. Based on the book by Don Marquis. Original title of the musical was was "Shinbone Alley"

1st Produced:
Broadway Theater, New York    1957

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Legend (6009/10) 1957

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Haven

Synopsis:
a story of Holocaust refugees and the American woman who led them out of hell.

Notes:
Music by William Goldstein And lyrics by Joe Darion. Book by Jerome Coopersmith

1st Produced:
Gindi auditorium in Los angele    2001

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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Illya Darling

Illya Darling
Setting: The Port of Piraeus in Greece. The Present

Notes:
Music by Manos Hadjidakis; Lyrics by Joe Darion; Book by Jules Dassin; Based on the movie "Never on Sunday" by Jules Dassin

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY    1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: United artists (9901) 1967

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Genre:
Musical

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Man Of La Mancha

Man Of La Mancha
While Cervantes's "Man of La Mancha" is Don Quixote, Wasserman's "Man" is Cervantes himself. This deeply touching musical Drama, which was first a straight play, "I, Don Quixote," shows an episode in Cervantes' life reflected by his fictional creation. This, most emphatically is not, repeat, not an "adaptation" of "Don Quixote." The leading male role, usually considered a dual role (Cervantes/Don Quixote) is considerably more, because Don Quixote is also alonzo Quijana, Don Quixote in his more normal life

Notes:
written by Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion, Dale Wasserman

1st Produced:
Washington Square Theater, New York    22 Nov 1965

Organisations:
The Performing Arts Society

1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (31065) 1965

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Genre:
Musical Play Musical

Parts:
Male:  18            Female:  6            Other:  extras

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Shinbone Alley

Shinbone Alley
archy is a poetical cockroach. Mehitabel an alley cat. Mehitabel is friendly with Tyrone T Tattersall the theatrical cat

Notes:
Music by George Kleinsinger; lyrics by Joe Darion; book by Mel Brooks

1st Produced:
Broadway Theatre, New York    13 Apr 1957

Organisations:
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1st Published:
typescript in PaL, 1957   legend-6009

Music:
Original cast recording: Legend (6009/10) 1957

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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