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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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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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ
Mitchell Leisen → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ
Moss Hart → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ
Moss Hart → notableWork → Lady in the Dark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady in the Dark (Broadway musical)