Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin)
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Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) is a groundbreaking 1941 Broadway musical play that blends psychoanalytic themes with innovative dream sequences and a celebrated score.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) Context triple: [Moss Hart, notableWork, Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin)]
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The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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C.
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 MGM musical drama film that follows the intertwined lives and romances of three women who become performers in the famed Ziegfeld Follies.
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D.
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Broadway Boogie Woogie is a late abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, celebrated for its vibrant grid of colored squares inspired by the rhythm and layout of New York City.
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E.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 musical fantasy film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the Broadway stage musical, known for blending romance, satire, and social commentary with song and dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) Target entity description: Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) is a groundbreaking 1941 Broadway musical play that blends psychoanalytic themes with innovative dream sequences and a celebrated score.
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A.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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C.
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 MGM musical drama film that follows the intertwined lives and romances of three women who become performers in the famed Ziegfeld Follies.
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D.
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Broadway Boogie Woogie is a late abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, celebrated for its vibrant grid of colored squares inspired by the rhythm and layout of New York City.
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E.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 musical fantasy film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the Broadway stage musical, known for blending romance, satire, and social commentary with song and dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| bookBy | Moss Hart ⓘ |
| bookWriter | Moss Hart ⓘ |
| collaborator |
Ira Gershwin
ⓘ
Kurt Weill ⓘ Moss Hart ⓘ |
| composer | Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ |
| firstRunDescription | commercially successful Broadway run ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasForm | play with music and dream sequences ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of serious psychological themes in a musical
ⓘ
innovative use of dream ballets and fantasy sequences ⓘ |
| influenced |
integration of psychoanalytic motifs in musical theatre
ⓘ
later concept musicals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| musicBy | Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| musicStyle | blend of popular song and theatrical music ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | alternation of spoken scenes and dream sequences ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extended dream sequences
ⓘ
integration of psychoanalytic themes into musical theatre ⓘ use of music primarily in dream scenes ⓘ |
| notableSong |
My Ship
ⓘ
surface form:
“My Ship”
The Saga of Jenny ⓘ
surface form:
“The Saga of Jenny”
|
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1941-01-23 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre |
Marquis Theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
Alvin Theatre
|
| premiereYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Liza Elliott ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | fashion magazine editor ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| structure | three major dream sequences ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
dreams
ⓘ
psychoanalysis ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| theme |
career versus romance
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female identity ⓘ inner conflict ⓘ psychoanalytic self-discovery ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
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