They’re Playing Our Song

E300115
romantic musical comedy stage musical

"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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They’re Playing Our Song canonical 3
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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 ⓘ
subject surface form: They're Playing Our Song
this entity surface form: They're Playing Our Song