I Do! I Do! (Broadway production)

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I Do! I Do! (Broadway production) is a two-person Broadway musical, adapted from Jan de Hartog’s play "The Fourposter," that chronicles 50 years of a married couple’s relationship through songs and vignettes.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
adaptationType stage adaptation of a play
basedOn The Fourposter NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Jan de Hartog NERFINISHED
castSize 2 performers
centralTheme domestic life
enduring commitment
the passage of time in relationships
chronology told in roughly chronological order
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueForm spoken dialogue and sung lyrics
dramaticScope from wedding night to later life
dramaticStyle character-driven
intimate chamber musical
feature two-person cast
focusesOn the evolution of a couple’s relationship
follows a married couple over five decades
genre musical theatre
hasSetting the couple’s bedroom
location Broadway NERFINISHED
medium live theatre
narrativeDevice episodic vignettes
songs that advance character development
narrativeFocus long-term relationship
marriage
notableCharacteristic intimate two-character format
numberOfPrincipalCharacters 2
originalLanguage English
performanceType musical performance
portrays conflicts within a marriage
reconciliation and commitment
sourceWorkAuthor Jan de Hartog NERFINISHED
sourceWorkGenre stage play
sourceWorkTitle The Fourposter NERFINISHED
structure songs and vignettes
subjectMatter aging and change in relationships
family life
love and marriage
theatricalForm book musical
timeSpanDepicted 50 years
uses minimal cast to emphasize intimacy
music to depict emotional stages of marriage

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Herbert Greene notableWork I Do! I Do! (Broadway production)