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Lorenz Hart

LORENZ HART

  
Nationality:    USA
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         America's Sweetheart         Babes In Arms         Boys From Syracuse, The         By Jupiter         Connecticut Yankee, A         Dearest Enemy         Ever Green         Garrick Gaities, The         Girl Friend, The         Heads Up!         Higher And Higher         I Married An Angel         Jumbo         On Your Toes         Pal Joey         Peggy-Ann         Present Arms         Simple Simon         Too Many Girls

America's Sweetheart

America's Sweetheart
Geraldine and Michael leave Minnesota for Hollywood. Geraldine becomes a big silent star but Michael doesn't make it. then the talkies come in Marion has a lisp - but Michael has a rich talking voice and he now becomes the big star

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, New York    11364

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Babes In Arms

Babes In Arms
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Notes:
Written by Richard Rodgers And Lorenz Hart; music Richard Rodgers; lyrics Lorenz Hart

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York    14 Apr 1937

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Music:
Revival cast recording: New World (386) 1989

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Boys From Syracuse, The

Boys From Syracuse, The
Identical twins - both get named antipholus are separated when very young when the ship they are travelling in sinks. One twin ends up in Syracuse and the other in ephesus. Both boys have a servant - both called Dromio who are also identical twins. the twins are now young men and the Syracuse antipholus and Dromio go to ephesus where they get mistaken for the other two

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by George Abbott

1st Produced:
Alvin Theater, New York    23 Nov 1938

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1st Published:
Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization   -

Music:
Revival cast recording: DRG 1963

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By Jupiter

By Jupiter
In the land of the amazons the women go to war and the men stay at home and look after the children and do the housework. Hercules leads an army of Greeks against the amazonians but he and his men are captured. Love blossoms between theseus one of the others leaders of the Greeks and the amazon Queen antiope. everything is recorded by the Greek war correspondent Homer who has just a best selling book "the Iliad"

Notes:
Written by Lorenz Hart And Richard Rodgers; music by Richard Rodgers.

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York    03 Jun 1942

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Music:
Revival cast recording: RCa (LSO-1137) 1967

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Connecticut Yankee, A

Connecticut Yankee, A
On the eve of his marriage to Fay Morgan, David goes to see his former fiancee Alice. Fay sees them together and is angry and knocks David out with a champagne bottle. David finds himself in the Court of King Arthur. He is dubbed Sir Boss and given the task of industrialising the country. He introduces the radio and televison. He falls for Alisande. Morgana Le Fay King Arthur's evil sister is jealous and has Alisande kidnapped. David rescues her but finds himself back in the present. He realises that it is Alice he loves not Fay

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field. Based on the book by Mark Twain

1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, New York    03 Nov 1927

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1st Published:
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Music:
Broadway cast: Decca (440 013 560-2 1943

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Dearest Enemy

Dearest Enemy
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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field

1st Produced:
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York    1925

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1st Published:
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Music:
Studio cast recording: Bayview (RN8W008) 1981

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Ever Green

Ever Green
Harriet Green star of the Edwardian music hall discovers she is pregnant. She flees to South Africa and brings up the daughter she has away from the glare of publicity. Years later the daughter Harriet Hawkes goes to england to make her name on the stage. Tommy a publicity agent is struck at how much she looks like Harriet Green and persuades her to masquerade as her. the public are fooled - but everyone believes that Tommy is her son - which is a problem as Tommy and Harriet Hawk have fallen in love

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Benn W Levy

1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, London    11295

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Garrick Gaities, The

Garrick Gaities, The
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Notes:
Music by Richard Rogers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Fields

1st Produced:
Garrick Theatre, New York    17 May 1925

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Genre:
Musical revue

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Girl Friend, The

Girl Friend, The
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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field

1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, New York    1926

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Heads Up!

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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by John McGowan; Paul Gerard Smith

1st Produced:
Alvin Theatre, New York    11 Nov 1929

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Higher And Higher

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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Joshua Logan And Gladys Hurlbut

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    1940

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I Married An Angel

I Married An Angel
A wealthy banker has had it with women. He vows that he will have nothing to do with them and will only marry an angel. An angel promptly flies in. He marries her - but it is a case of be careful what you wish for

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek; Book by Richard Rodgers And Lorenz Hart; from A Hungarian play by Johann Vaszary; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    1938

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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: aeI (002)

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Jumbo

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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Richard Rodgers And Lorenz Hart; book by Ben Hecht And Charles Macarthur

1st Produced:
Hippodrome Theatre, New York    1935

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On Your Toes

On Your Toes
Phil "Junior" Dolan III teaches music at a university. He persuades the head of the Russian Ballet to put on a jazz ballet - "Slaughter On Tenth avenue". Phil becomes involved with the prima ballerina Vera Barnova. Her jealous boyfriend gets to thugs to murder Phil. Meanwhile Phil has been forced to take over the male lead in "Slaughter"

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by George Abbott; Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, New York    11 Apr 1936

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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: MCa (11575) 1954

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Pal Joey

Pal Joey
Joey a second rate dancer and club MC has big ambitions - he wants his own club - "Chez Joey". He meets naive Linda and impresses her with his big talk. Later at the club bored married Vera arrives. Joey insults her and she leaves. Joey is ordered to apologise and the next time Vera is in the club she is so charmed they start an affair. One day when Joey is out with Vera at a shop where she is buying him new clothes Linda meets them and is shocked at what Joey is doing. Vera buys a club for Joey. On opening night two of the staff plot to blackmail Vera - Linda overhears and tells her. Vera calls in the police. Vera decides that Joey is not worth the bother and closes the club. She tells Linda that she can have him - but Linda does not want him either. Linda and Joey meet - but he ignores her to chase after another woman.

Notes:
George Abbott with John O'Hara. Music Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Based on the novel "Pal Joey" by John O'Hara.

1st Produced:
Ethel Barymore Theatre, New York    14970

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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: angel (64696) 1952

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Peggy-Ann

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field. Based on the musical "Tillie's Nightmare" by edgar Smith And A Baldwin Sloane

1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, New York    1926

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Present Arms

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Herbert Field

1st Produced:
Lew Field's Mansfield Theatre, New York    1928

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Simple Simon

Simple Simon
Adventures in Nursery Rhyme Land

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Guy Bolton; ed Wynn

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, New York    11007

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Too Many Girls

Too Many Girls
When his daughter, Connie, goes to college Mr Casey hires four football players to be her secret bodyguards. the college is in financial trouble and the four bodyguards give their fees to help. they join the football team and soon the team is the best around. One of the bodyguards Clint falls in love with Connie. When Connie finds out that he has been hires to protect her she leaves to go back to New York. the bodyguards follow - it is the eve of an important match

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by George H Marion Jr

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, New York    18 Oct 1939

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: Painted Smiles (104) 1977

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