They’re Playing Our Song

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"They’re Playing Our Song" is a romantic musical comedy with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager that follows the relationship between a composer and a lyricist.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf romantic musical comedy
stage musical
award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Lucie Arnaz, 1979)
basisOn real-life relationship of Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
bookBy Neil Simon
broadwayClosingDate 1981-09-06
broadwayOpeningDate 1979-02-11
broadwayProducer Ray Stark
broadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre
composer Marvin Hamlisch
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre musical comedy
romantic comedy
hasCharacter Mary Beth Hurt
surface form: Sonia Walsk

Vernon Gersch
hasMedium cast recording
hasProduction West End production
hasTheme art and romance
creative collaboration
language English
lyricist Carole Bayer Sager
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
notableSong I Still Believe in Love
If He Really Knew Me
Right
They’re Playing Our Song self-link
surface form: They're Playing Our Song
numberOfActs 2
originalBroadwayChoreographer Patricia Birch
originalBroadwayDirector Robert Moore
originalBroadwayLeadActor Robert Klein
originalBroadwayLeadActress Lucie Arnaz
originalBroadwayOrchestrator Larry Blank
originalBroadwayRunLength 1082 performances
originalCastRecordingLabel Casablanca Records
plotFocus romantic relationship between a composer and a lyricist
premiereCity New York City
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premiereDate 1978-08-11
premiereLocation Imperial Theatre
setting New York City
subjectMatter romantic relationships
songwriting
westEndLeadActor Tom Conti
westEndLeadActress Gemma Craven
westEndOpeningYear 1980
westEndTheatre Shaftesbury Theatre

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Lorna Luft performedIn They’re Playing Our Song
Marvin Hamlisch notableWork They’re Playing Our Song
Marvin Hamlisch composedForMusical They’re Playing Our Song
They’re Playing Our Song notableSong They’re Playing Our Song self-link
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this entity surface form: They're Playing Our Song