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Joe Masteroff

JOE MASTEROFF

  (1919 - 2018)
Nationality:    USA
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Joe Masteroff's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         70, Girls, 70         Anna Christie         Cabaret         Paramour         Prescott Proposals, The         She Loves Me         Six Wives         Warm Peninsula, The
70, Girls, 70

70, Girls, 70
In this rare and rich celebration of age, a group of 70-year-olds decide to liven things up in their retirement hotel by becoming a shoplifting gang. they discover that heisting mink returns the juices of youth and converts their drab hotel into a palace. Songs include 'Coffee in a Cardboard Cup', 'Go Visit Your Grandmother' and 'yes'.

Notes:
Book by Fred Ebb And Norman L. Martin; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book Adapted by Joe Masteroff; Based on the play "Breath of Spring" by Peter Coke

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theater, New York     15 Apr 1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc   

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (30589) 1971

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  ensemble

Further Reference:
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Anna Christie

Synopsis:
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Notes:
by Joe Masteroff; Music And lyrics by Ed Thomas. Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill

1st Produced:
-     2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cabaret

Cabaret
Cliff Bradshaw a young American writer has gone to Berlin to get inspiration. He gets lodgings at Fraulein Schneider's. Cliff goes to the Kit Kat Club and is entranced by the English singer - Sally Bowles

Notes:
Book by Joe Masteroff; Based on the play "I Am A Camera" by John Van Druten; Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theater, New York     20 Nov 1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Newmarket Press, 1999   

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (SK 60533) 1966

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Paramour

Synopsis:
An old roue - General St Pe sets his sights on a young girl . However, she is in love with his illegitimate son

Notes:
Music by Howard Marren; lyrics and book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play "Waltz of the Torreadors" by Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
Old Globe Theater, San Diego     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Prescott Proposals, The

Synopsis:
Setting: Miss Prescott's Apartment; A Committee Room at the United Nations.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theater, New York     1953

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
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She Loves Me

She Loves Me
the staff at Maraczek's Parfumerie arrive for work. George has been keeping a correspondence with an unknown young lady who he calls his "Dear Friend". New stock arrives - it is a musical cigarette box. Nobody is keen on them and they don't think they will sell. Amalia comes into the shop at first she is mistaken for a customer - but she is looking for a job. When she manages to sell on of the cigarette boxes she is hired. She and George do not strike it off. George continues his correspondence - just who could the "Dear Friend" be?

Notes:
Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Joe Masteroff; Based on A play by Miklos Laszlo

1st Produced:
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NY     23 Apr 1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Plays of 1962 -1963" published by Dodd Meads 1963   

Music:
Original cast recording: Ploydor (831968) 1963

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 10 Page 534

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Six Wives

Six Wives
Divorced, beheaded, died divorced, beheaded, survived

Notes:
Music by Edward Thomas; lyrics and book by Joe Masteroff

1st Produced:
York Theatre at St Peter's, New York     02 Oct 1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
chamber musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Warm Peninsula, The

Synopsis:
plain girl rejects gigolo and marries a nice plain guy, very much like herself

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Helen Hayes Theatre     1959

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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