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Hugh Martin

HUGH MARTIN

  (1914 - 2011)
Nationality:    USA
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Hugh Martin was a composer, lyricist and arranger remembered for penning the classic song "Have Yourself A Merry little Christmas"

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

         Best Foot Forward         High Spirits         Look Ma, I'm Dancin'         Love From Judy         Make A Wish         Meet Me In St Louis         Tattered Tom

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward
A High School boy, Bud, asks a famous Hollywood actress, Gale Joy, to be his date for the Prom. Her agent thinks that this would be great publicity so she accepts. But Bud's girlfriend is jealous and at the dance she rips Gale's sash - this leads to a frenzy amongst the other High Schoolers who start ripping her dress to bits for souvenirs. Gale and her agent depart for Hollywood and it looks like Bud will be expelled for being the cause of it all

Notes:
book by John Cecil Holm, Music And lyrics by Ralph Blane And Hugh Martin;

1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre    1941

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Revival cast recording: DRG (15003) 1963

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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High Spirits

High Spirits
A musical based on Noel Coward's comedy Blithe Spirit. The play begins at a dinner party given by Charles and Ruth Condomine, a sceptical couple who, to entertain some guests, invite a medium to their home to work the Ouija board. Madame Arcati successfully calls Edith, Charles' dead wife, from the spirit world, only to find herself unable to send Edith back. The ensuing debacle is at times hilarious and at times heart wrenchingly sad, as Charles falls in love all over again with his selfish first wife and Ruth adapts to living with a ghost.

Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray; Book by Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray; Lyrics by Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray. Based on 'Blithe Spirit' by Noel Coward

1st Produced:
Alvin Theater, New York    1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: MCA (10767) 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Look Ma, I'm Dancin'

Look Ma, I'm Dancin'
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Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; lyrics by Hugh Martin; book by Jerome Lawrence; book by Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, New York    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Decca (B0003571-02) 1948

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Love From Judy

Synopsis:
Judy is spotted in an orphanage and is sponsored. She does not know who her sponsor is and calls him Daddy Long Legs

Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; lyrics by Timothy Gray And Hugh Martin; book by eric Maschwitz. Based on the book "Daddy Long Legs" by Jean Webster

1st Produced:
Hippodrome, Coventry    26 Aug 1952

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   -

Music:
Original cast recording: JJA (19743) 1952

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  10            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 52.211

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Make A Wish

Make A Wish
Setting: the action takes place on the Left Bank of Paris

Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; Lyrics by Hugh Martin; Book by Preston Sturges; (Uncredited) book by Abe Burrows; Based on "the Good Fairy" by Ferenc Molnar

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, Ny    18 Apr 1951

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: RCA 1951

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Meet Me In St Louis

Synopsis:
Based on stories by Sally Benson and the classic 1944 MGM film, Meet Me In St. Louis tells the story of the Smith family as they eagerly anticipate the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Optimism and young love are severely tested and of course finally triumph as the story unfolds with the background of the Great Louisiana Purchase exhibition never far from the hearts and minds of the Smith Family. Songs include "the Trolley Song," "the Boy Next Door," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,"
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Notes:
book by Hugh Wheeler; music And lyrics by Hugh Martin And Ralph Blane

1st Produced:
Forum Theatre, Billingham    05 Mar 1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
140 min Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tattered Tom

Synopsis:
Rags to riches story of a street sweeper in 1890s New York

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Ralph Blane; Hugh Martin; book by Timothy Gray. Based on a short story by Horatio Alger

1st Produced:
Unproduced    1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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