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Joshua Logan

JOSHUA LOGAN

  (1908 - 1988)
Nationality:    USA
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Joshua Logan's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Joshua Logan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Fanny         Higher And Higher         Miss Moffat         Mister Roberts         Wish You Were Here         Wisteria Trees, The

Fanny

Fanny
Marius and Fanny have been lovers since their teens. Fanny loves Marius with all her heart but Marius is afraid of commitment. He signs up to go to sea for five years. Fanny is determined to wait until he returns but on discovering that she is pregnant she marries Panisse an older but wealthy man. a boy is born and named Cesario. On his first birthday Marius returns but is sent away by Fanny. Twelve years later Cesario yearns for the sea and runs away to join his father. the shock proves to be the final blow for Panisse. Marius brings the boy back and Panisse tells him that he must marry Fanny when he is gone.

Notes:
Written by Joshua Logan and S.N. Behrman. Music And lyrics by Harold Rome.

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, New York    04 Nov 1954

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Theatre '55" published by Random House 1955   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (68074) 1954

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  15 extras/ensemble

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 56.250

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Higher And Higher

Synopsis:
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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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1st Published:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Miss Moffat

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Albert Hague; lyrics by emlyn Williams; book by Joshua Logan; emlyn Williams

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia    07 Oct 1974

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mister Roberts

Synopsis:
This rowdy, realistic saga of a group of American sailors aboard a Navy cargo vessel in the Pacific shows the crew suffering from that deadly boredom that is part of the routine of war. To the ship's company, the Skipper is a cantankerous, small-minded man and every one of them conspires against him as the ship pursued its runs from apathy to Tedium and back again. they are on a cargo mission, so little else is going to happen. That Mr. Roberts, [a lieutenant] shared the crew's dislike for the Captain was one reason for his popularity. Roberts joined the world to fight; he hates being inactive almost as much as he hates the Captain. Privy to the crew's hijinks against the Skipper, Roberts still feels it's his duty to retain some discipline. after winning many ingenious battles against the Skipper, Roberts at last wins himself a transfer to combat duty. It was this transfer that cost him his life on a destroyer off Japan.

Notes:
written by Thomas Heggen And Joshua Logan. Winner of the 1948 Tony Award for best play. based on Heggen's novel

1st Produced:
Alvin Theatre, New York    18 Feb 1948

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    978-0822207658

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  19            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 50.162

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Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here
Teddy and Fay arrive at Camp Carefree for two weeks of relaxation. Teddy is soon to marry the rich Herman but hides the fact. Chick a waiter is ordered by the camp boss to mix and mingle with the guests. Chick is trying to save up for college. He and Teddy agree to strike up a just good friends pose. but they fall in love.

Notes:
Music by Harold Rome; lyrics by Harold Rome; book by Arthur Kober; book by Joshua Logan. Based on the play "Having A Wonderful Time" by Arthur Kober

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, New York    25 Jun 1952

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Theatre '53" published by Random House 1953   -

Music:
Original Broadway cast: RCa (68326)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 53.255

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Wisteria Trees, The

Synopsis:
When the lovely Lucy andree Ramsdell is told by her practical business advisers that she must drastically alter all the traditions and extravagance of her individual way of living, she refuses to believe that a mere matter of debts could possibly endanger her home or gracious habits of hospitality. She does, however, make feeble and ineffective gestures in the direction of economy. But it is no use; everything that made life pleasant and leisurely begins to crumble, and Lucy finds herself powerless to act, or even to think, effectively. Meantime, modern "progress" takes over. Wisteria Plantation will soon be only a memory, and Lucy begins to realize what is happening. as she takes a look out of the window of her old home she muses: "We're ridiculous people! We're jokes! We don't even know how to keep a roof over our heads."

Notes:
Though based on the Cherry Orchard, the New York Times calls it. ". . .a new American play' And not An American version of the Cherry Orchard. . .one of the most Absorbing plays of the season."

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, New York    29 Mar 1950

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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