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Bob Merrill

BOB MERRILL

  (1921 - 1998)
Nationality:    USA
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Bob Merrill's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Breakfast At Tiffany's         Carnival         Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood, The         Funny Girl         Hannah 39         Henry, Sweet Henry         New Girl in Town         Prettybelle         Prince Of Grand Street, The         Some Like It         Take Me Along

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Breakfast At Tiffany's
Comments: Was titled "Holly Golightly" during pre-Broadway try-out. Merrick closed the show in previews "rather than subject the Drama critics and the public to an excruciatingly boring evening" (his own words).

Notes:
Book Adapted by Edward Albee; Based on the novel by Truman Capote; Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Philadelphia    1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: SPM (CO-4788)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  22            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Carnival

Carnival
Lilli is a member of a carnival troupe and the centre of love interest between Marco the Magnificent the magician and Paul the puppeteer

Notes:
by Michael Stewart; Music And lyrics Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, New York    1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Polydor (937195) 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood, The

Synopsis:
the animals at the zoo are having a Christmas party - but they have not invited the wolf. He thinks he is being shunned because of Red Riding Hood and he tells his side of the story

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Robert Emmett

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573692772

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Funny Girl

Synopsis:
a simple account of the life of Fanny Brice in real life she was a plain girl from the East Side who made a youthful success as a comedienne, married a gambler, endured him through his imprisonments, had his children and divorced him

Notes:
by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Isobel Lemart

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hannah 39

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Bob Merrill; lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Vineyard Theater, New York    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: TER (1192) 1992

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Henry, Sweet Henry

Henry, Sweet Henry
Valerie and Gil meet in Central Park and play pranks on various people they find there. One day their victim is ageing composer Henry Orient.

Notes:
Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel "the World of Henry Orient" by Nora Johnson

1st Produced:
Palace Theater, New York    23 Oct 1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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New Girl in Town

New Girl in Town
Setting: Near the waterfront, New York City, at the turn of the century

Notes:
Book by George Abbott; Based on the play "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill; Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
46th Street Theater, New York, NY    14 May 1957

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (61996)

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Genre:
Musical Adaptation Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Prettybelle

Prettybelle
Prettybelle Sweet is a manic depressive alcoholic and is in an institution. She tells her life story.

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, Boston    01 Feb 1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Varese (VSD-5439) 1971

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Prince Of Grand Street, The

Synopsis:
A Yiddish actor puts on versions of "Romeo and Juliet" and Huckleberry Finn" for the poor Jewish kids in early New York

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Some Like It

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by By Julie Styne / Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Birmingham Hippodrome    1991

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Take Me Along

Take Me Along
Nat Miller the owner of a small town newspaper has won a new fire engine for the town. He has doubts that he is as wonderful as his family and the towns folk say he is

Notes:
Written by Robert Russell And Joseph Stein; music And lyrics by Bob Merrill

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York    22 Oct 1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (51050) 1959

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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