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Sidney Michaels

SIDNEY MICHAELS  (1927 - 2011)

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Sidney Michaels's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Ben Franklin in Paris         Chin-Chin         Dylan         Goodtime Charley         Hallowe'en         Tchin-Tchin         Tricks of the Trade

Ben Franklin in Paris

Sidney Michaels
Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris to seek help from the French in the War of Independence from Britain. He hopes that his old friend the Comtesse de Vobrillac will help him. Meanwhile back in America, Franklin's son William has gone over to the British side

Notes:
Music by Mark Sandrich Jr; lyrics by Sidney Michaels; book by Sidney Michaels

1st Produced:
Lunt-Fontane Theater, New York    27 Oct 1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   ang-65134

Music:
Original cast recording: Angel (65134) 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Chin-Chin

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Francois Billetdoux

1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre, New York    25 Oct 1962

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dylan

Synopsis:
follows the poet to colleges, bars and bedrooms of his last American tour and finally to the ship that bore his body home

Notes:
based on memoirs of Caitlin Thomas And John M Brinnin

1st Produced:
Dublin    1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1964   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  13            Other:  -

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Goodtime Charley

Sidney Michaels
Joan of Arc and the Dauphin of France played out as a musical romp

Notes:
Book by Sidney Michaels; Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Hal Hackady

1st Produced:
Palace Theater, New York    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   rca-68935

Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (68935) 1975

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hallowe'en

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Sidney Michaels

1st Produced:
-    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Tchin-Tchin

Synopsis:
Caesario Grimaldi an Italian-American contractor arranges to meet Pamela Pew-Picket a proper English lady after he discovers that his wife is having an affair with her husband

Notes:
Original Playwright - Francois Billetdoux (Tchin-Tchin)

1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre, New York    1960

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1962   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Tricks of the Trade

Synopsis:
a New York psychologist and his female patient have problematic therapy sessions

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1985   -

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic Thriller

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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