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Alan Jay Lerner

ALAN JAY LERNER

  (1918 - 1986)
Nationality:    USA
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Alan Jay Lerner's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Alan Jay Lerner's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         1600 Pennsylvania Avenue         Brigadoon         Camelot         Carmelina         Coco         Dance A Little Closer         Day Before Spring, The         Gigi         Life Of the Parrty         Lolita, My Love         Love Life         My Fair Lady         On A Clear Day You Can See Forever         Paint Your Wagon         So Proudly We hail         What's Up

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Synopsis:
a history of American Presidents from 1800 to 1900 focusing on race relations.

Notes:
Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theater, New York    1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Studio cast recording: Deutsche Grammophon (289 463 448-2) 1998

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Genre:
Musical

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Brigadoon

Brigadoon
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Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, New York    13 Mar 1947

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: the Best Plays Of 1946 - 1947" published by Dodd Mead 1947   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (1001-2-RG) 1947

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Genre:
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Camelot

Camelot
Lancelot arrives in Camelot. King arthur introduces him to his wife Guinevere they take an instant dislike to each other. But this does not last

Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, New York    24444

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (32602) 1960

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Carmelina

Carmelina
Carmelita tells her daughter Gia that her Father was an American soldier who died in the War. She spurns the advances of cafe owner Vittorio because she wants to remain true to her American husband. the truth is she has no idea which of three Gis was the Father of Gia. then the three veterans turn up having comeback to Italy to see where they had been fighting.

Notes:
Written by Alan Jay Lerner And Joseph Stein; music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

1st Produced:
St James Theater, New York    08 Apr 1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Orginal Cast Records (THT CD 9224) 1979

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Coco

Coco
after fifteen years of retirement Coco Chanel re-opens her salon. Her first collection is derided by the critics - but four big US department stores buy everything. Coco helps out one of her models who is having relationship problems

Notes:
Music by Andre Previn; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Written As A vehicle for Katherine Hepburn And Coco Chanel.

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theater, New York    25555

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (MCaD-11682) 1970

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Dance A Little Closer

Dance A Little Closer
Harry atkins a down at heel entertainer meets an old flame at the Barclay Hotel , austria, just before the start of the Second World War. Two guests are also in love Edward and Charles - faced with the uncertainties of the coming War they want to cement their love and ask a priest to marry them.

Notes:
Music Charles Stouse; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the novel "Idiot's Delight" by Robert e Sherwood

1st Produced:
Minskoff Theater, New York    1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: TeR (1174) 1983

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Day Before Spring, The

Synopsis:
a completely unknown amusing psychoanalytical fantasy, which received good reviews in 1945. It is a witty show about a contended married woman, who at a college reunion, meets the man that she almost spent her life with. He is still responsive to her - and he has documented their romance in his best selling novel!

Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York    22 Nov 1945

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Gigi

Gigi
Thank heaven for little girls

Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
-    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (80404)

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Life Of the Parrty

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by earl Crooker; book by Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the play "the Patsy" by Barry Conners

1st Produced:
Wilson Theatre, Detroit    08 Oct 1942

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Lolita, My Love

Lolita, My Love
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Notes:
Music by John Barry; lyrics And book by Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia    25980

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Boston cast recording : BluePear (1009) 1971

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Love Life

Love Life
Sam and Susan Cooper are a married couple in 1791. In 1948 they are still married and have not aged a bit

Notes:
Music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre, New York    07 Oct 1948

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: ioffer.com 1990

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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady
the show is based on Shaw's Pygmalion, and tells the story of a cockney flower girl who is transformed into a "lady" by a phonetics professor. Songs include "I've Grown accustomed to Her Face" and "I Could Have Danced all Night

Notes:
book And lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; music by Frederick Loewe

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York    15 Mar 1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Penguin Books,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (5090) 1956

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On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble goes to a psychiatrist to get help to stop smoking. Daisy has the ability to know when a telephone will ring, know where lost items are to be found and make plants grow. the psychiatrist Mark Bruckner hypnotises her. Under hypnosis she goes back to a previous life she is Melinda Wells who lived in the 18th century. at their next session Mark learns more about Melissa's life and he finds that he is falling in love with her. When Melissa discovers her husband is unfaithful she boards a ship from england to America. the ship sinks. Mark is unable to save her. Daisy wakes up and is not happy about Mark and Melissa. Fellow psychiatrists scoff at Mark when he tells them. a rich industrialist however comes to him to find out who he will be in the future so that he can leave all his money to himself. Daisy heads for the airport but gets a premonition that the plane will crash. She decides to accept her abilities and returns to Mark

Notes:
Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York    17 Oct 1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (60820) 1965

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Paint Your Wagon

Paint Your Wagon
California 1853. Ben Rumson a miner is conducting a makeshift funeral for his friend when his sixteen year old daughter, Jennifer discovers gold. This starts a gold rush and very soon a town has sprung up and named after Ben - Rumson - it has four hundred men and one woman - Jennifer. Julio, a handsome Mexican miner is not allowed to live in the town because of his race. He meets Jennifer one day when in town looking for someone to do his laundry. the frustrated men folk tell Ben to send his daughter away - which he refuses to do until he catches her dancing with Julio's clothes. Jennifer runs away. a year later Jennifer returns. the gold has almost run out and her Father and the other men are planning to move on. Julio had already left in search of a lake that was supposed to have gold in it. as the townsmen are leaving Julio returns a broken man and is reunited with Jennifer. Ben decides not to go as it is his town.

Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    12 Nov 1951

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (60243) 1951

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So Proudly We hail

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1938

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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What's Up

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York    11 Nov 1943

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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