Hallelujah, Baby!

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Hallelujah, Baby! is a 1967 Broadway musical that follows an African American woman's rise to stardom against the backdrop of changing racial and social conditions in the United States.

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Hallelujah, Baby! canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
addresses employment discrimination
interracial relationships
segregation
awarded Tony Award for Best Musical
awardYear 1968
bookBy Arthur Laurents
character Georgina
Harvey
Lena
closedOnBroadway 1968-01-13
composer Jule Styne
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredActressWinner Lillian Hayman
follows an African American woman’s rise to stardom
genre musical theatre
hasRevival Off-Broadway and regional productions
leadingActressWinner Leslie Uggams
lyricist Adolph Green
Betty Comden
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
notableSong Being Good
Hallelujah, Baby! self-link
My Own Morning
Talking to Yourself
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 293
openedOnBroadway 1967-04-26
orchestrator Peter Matz
originalLanguage English
originalProductionType Broadway
originalTheatre Martin Beck Theatre
premiereDate 1967
producer David Merrick
received Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
starred Allen Case
Allen Hoskins
Leslie Uggams
Lillian Hayman
Robert Hooks
subject African American experience
civil rights movement
racism in the United States
show business
thematicFocus changing racial and social conditions in the United States
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century to civil rights era

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Leslie Uggams notableWork Hallelujah, Baby!
Betty Comden notableWork Hallelujah, Baby!
Hallelujah, Baby! notableSong Hallelujah, Baby! self-link
Leslie notableWork Hallelujah, Baby!
subject surface form: Leslie Uggams
Jule Styne notableWork Hallelujah, Baby!
Elizabeth Cohen notableWork Hallelujah, Baby!
subject surface form: Betty Comden