Broadway production "Too Many Girls"
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The Broadway production "Too Many Girls" is a 1939 musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, best known for its collegiate setting and for launching several performers who later appeared in its 1940 film adaptation.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Too Many Girls (Broadway production) | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Too Many Girls (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Too Many Girls (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutFor |
Desi Arnaz
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Van Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Robert Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingDate | 1940-04-20 ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Desi Arnaz
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Dolly Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Bracken NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Le Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcy Westcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxine Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Kollmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation | Too Many Girls (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| musicStyle | American popular song ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collegiate setting
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launching performers who later appeared in the 1940 film adaptation ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1939-10-18 ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTheatre | Imperial Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rodgers and Hart musicals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runLengthInPerformances | 249 ⓘ |
| setting | fictional college in New Mexico ⓘ |
| starred |
Desi Arnaz
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Dolly Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Bracken NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Le Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcy Westcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxine Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Kollmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1930s Broadway ⓘ |
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