Lady in the Dark

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Broadway musical musical play

Lady in the Dark is a 1941 Broadway musical play with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, centered on a magazine editor undergoing psychoanalysis and famous for its innovative dream sequences.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lady in the Dark canonical	21
Lady in the Dark (musical)	5
Lady in the Dark (1941 Broadway musical)	1
Lady in the Dark (Broadway musical)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ musical play ⓘ
actCount	3 ⓘ
adaptedAs	1944 film "Lady in the Dark" ⓘ
basedOn	original story by Moss Hart ⓘ
bookBy	Moss Hart ⓘ
broadwayRunStart	1941-01-23 ⓘ
broadwaySeason	1940–1941 Broadway season ⓘ
character	Charley Johnson ⓘ Kendall Nesbitt ⓘ Liza Elliott ⓘ Miss Foster ⓘ Randy Curtis ⓘ
choreographerOfPremiere	Albertina Rasch ⓘ
composer	Kurt Weill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
directorOfPremiere	Moss Hart ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar	Ginger Rogers ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ psychological drama ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early example of concept musical elements ⓘ major collaboration of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin ⓘ
lyricist	Ira Gershwin ⓘ
medium	stage ⓘ
musicStyle	blend of popular song and dramatic music ⓘ
notableFeature	innovative dream sequences ⓘ integration of psychoanalysis into musical form ⓘ
notableSong	My Ship ⓘ Tchaikowsky (and Other Russians) ⓘ The Saga of Jenny ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalProductionType	Broadway production ⓘ
originalStar	Gertrude Lawrence ⓘ
originalTheatre	Marquis Theatre ⓘ surface form: Alvin Theatre
premiereCity	New York City ⓘ
premiereDate	1941-01-23 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Marquis Theatre ⓘ surface form: Alvin Theatre
producerOfPremiere	Sam H. Harris ⓘ
protagonistName	Liza Elliott ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	magazine editor ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ
structure	alternation of realistic scenes and dream sequences ⓘ
subjectMatter	dreams ⓘ magazine publishing ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ
theme	career versus romance ⓘ female identity ⓘ subconscious conflict ⓘ
timePeriodOfPremiere	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era

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Moss Hart → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady in the Dark (Broadway musical)

Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

Mitchell Leisen → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

Kurt Weill → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

The Saga of Jenny → partOf → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

The Saga of Jenny → firstPerformanceIn → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

The Saga of Jenny → originalProduction → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady in the Dark (1941 Broadway musical)

My Ship → introducedIn → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

My Ship → introducedOnStageIn → Lady in the Dark ⓘ

My Ship → partOf → Lady in the Dark ⓘ