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Michael Stewart

MICHAEL STEWART

  (1929 - 1987)
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Michael Stewart's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         42nd Street         Amazons, The         Barnum         Bring Back Birdie         Bye Bye Birdie         Carnival         George M!         Grand Tour, The         Harrigan 'n' Hart         Hello Dolly!         How Do You Do, I Love You         I Love My Wife         Mack and Mabel         Pieces of Eight         Seesaw         Shadow Of Your Hand, The         Those That Play the Clowns

42nd Street

42nd Street
Andy Lee is auditioning girls for the chorus in a new show. the girls are chosen and the writers of the show Bert and Maggie approve of their performance. then Peggy Sawyer arrives having just summoned up enough courage to audition - but it is too late. Billy Lawlor the young romantic lead arranges for her to sing - she is very good. Producer Julian Marsh is desperate for a hit after the Wall Street crash. Dorothy the leading lady breaks her ankle during the try out for the show. Where will they get a replacement at such short notice?

Notes:
Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin; book by Michael Stewart; book by Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Best Plays 1980 - 1981" published by Dodd Mead   -

Music:
Original Broadway Cast: RCA (3891) 1980

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Amazons, The

Synopsis:
Three Edwardian girls have been brought up as boys resulting in confusion when they become teenagers. Lady Castlejordan: "Englishmen kissing Englishmen? It's the end of the Empire!"

Notes:
by Michael Stewart; Music by John Addison; lyrics by David Heneker. Based on the play by Arthur Wing Pinero

1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
London revival cast recording: Must Close Staurady Records (www.must-close-Saturday-records.co.uk) 2002

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Barnum

Barnum
P T Barnum - showman believes that there is a sucker born every minute. At his circus he has the oldest woman alive and Tom Thumb. His wife Charity urges him to get a proper job. He hires singer Jenny Lind and when she goes on tour goes with her. He finally returns to Charity. His circus travels all over the world. After Charity dies he combines with another circus show and becomes Barnum and Bailey

Notes:
by Mark Bramble; Music by Cy Colemen. Lyrics by Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
St James Theater, New York    30 Apr 1980

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (36576)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bring Back Birdie

Bring Back Birdie
the sequel to "Bye Bye Birdie". Twenty years later Conrad Birdie has not been seen for eighteen years. Rose and Albert have retired from the music business - Albert reluctantly. CBS want to do a special with singers from yester year and they ask Albert to find Birdie. He jumps at the opportunity much to Rose's annoyance

Notes:
Book by Michael Stewart; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theater, New York    05 Mar 1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Varese (5440) 1981

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his 'farewell' television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted. Featuring the popular songs, 'Put on a Happy Face', 'the Telephone Hour', and 'Got a Lot of Livin' To Do'

Notes:
Book by Michael Stewart; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theater, New York    1960

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Broadways Best 1960" published by Doubleday 1960   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (2025) 1960

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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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:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Polydor (937195) 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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George M!

George M!
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by George M Cohan; book by Fran Pascal; John Pascal; Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, New York    10 Apr 1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (3200) 1968

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Grand Tour, The

Grand Tour, The
Jacobowsky a Polish-Jewish intellectual has a car but cannot drive. Stjerbinsky an aristocrat can drive but has no car. they combine to try and escape the approaching Nazis.

Notes:
Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart And Mark Bramble; Based upon the original play "Jacobowsky And the Colonel" by Franz Werfel; Based upon the American play "Jacobowsky And the Colonel" by S. N. Behrman

1st Produced:
Palace Theater, New York    11 Jan 1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Broadway Redux (FA-2139) 1979

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Harrigan 'n' Hart

Synopsis:
the life of Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart - entertainers and minstrels

Notes:
Music by Max Showalter; lyrics by Peter Walker; book by Michael Stewart. Based on the biography "the Merry Partners" by E J Kahn Jr

1st Produced:
Longacre Theatre, New York    31 Jan 1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hello Dolly!

Hello Dolly!
Based on the Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, Hello, Dolly! tells the story of Dolly Levi, a young, widowed matchmaker, who dips into everybody's business, uniting lovers whilst coming up with the best match in the world for the wealthy Horace Vandergelder - herself!

Notes:
book by Michael Stewart; music And lyrics by Jerry Herman

1st Produced:
St James Theatre, New York    16 Jan 1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (82876-51431-2) 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  ensemble

Further Reference:
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How Do You Do, I Love You

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by David Shire; lyrics by Richard Maltby; book by Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
Shady Grove Music Fair, Gaithersberg, Maryland    Oct 1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife
Two couples think they are missing out on the sexual revolution agree to swap partners.

Notes:
Book by Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Michael Stewart; Music by Cy Coleman; Based on the play by Luis Rego; Music Arranged by Cy Coleman

1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York    17 Apr 1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (6109) 1977

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mack and Mabel

Mack and Mabel
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Jerry Herman; book by Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, New York    06 Oct 1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pieces of Eight

Synopsis:
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; book by Michael Stewart; book by Mark Bramble. Based on "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

1st Produced:
Citadel Theatre, Edmonton    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Seesaw

Seesaw
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Notes:
Music by Cy Colemen; lyrics by Dorothy Field; book by Michael Bennett; book by Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
Uris Theater, New York    18 Mar 1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original Broadway cast recording: DRG (6108) 1973

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shadow Of Your Hand, The

Synopsis:
the Shadow of Your Hand is a dark comedy Drama about what happens when a rich but lonely advertising exec brings a homeless woman into his flat. He has found her rummaging for food but when he gets her back to his place it becomes clear he is after more than a meal mate

Notes:
Manchester 24:7 theatre Festival

1st Produced:
Sachas Hotel, Manchester    22 Jul 2011

Organisations:
Dark and Dirty

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black Comedy Drama 55 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Those That Play the Clowns

Synopsis:
What happens to a troupe of players hired by a Danish prince to expose the guilt of King Claudius? the prince, of course, is Hamlet. Set in the sixteenth-century Danish inn outside the castle at Elsinore, a rather tacky quartet of actors arrives led by an aging leading lady, and her equally faded leading man. One feels they may be making their last tour. Business hasn't been too good, nor, we gather, have their performances. their repertory consists of "Violated at Vespers," "Two Monks and a Minx," and "the Duchess Debauched." An old suitor of the leading lady arrives and begs her hand in marriage. What ensues is equally as charming and amusing. the characters are as roguishly delightful as their language is colorful.

Notes:
aka He To Hecuba

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  5            Other:  doubling possible

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