Golden Boy (Broadway musical)

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Golden Boy is a 1964 Broadway musical adaptation of Clifford Odets' play, best known for starring Sammy Davis Jr. in a groundbreaking role that addressed race, ambition, and identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage adaptation
basedOn Golden Boy (play) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Clifford Odets NERFINISHED
bookWriter Clifford Odets NERFINISHED
William Gibson NERFINISHED
castRecordingLabel Capitol Records NERFINISHED
centralTheme African American experience in show business and boxing
choreographer Donald McKayle NERFINISHED
closedOnBroadway 1966-03-05
composer Charles Strouse NERFINISHED
costumeDesigner Theoni V. Aldredge NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Arthur Penn NERFINISHED
era 1960s Broadway
featuresCharacter Eddie Satin NERFINISHED
Joe Wellington NERFINISHED
Lorna Moon NERFINISHED
Tokio NERFINISHED
genre musical theatre
hasCastRecording Golden Boy (original Broadway cast recording) NERFINISHED
hasSong Golden Boy NERFINISHED
I Wanna Be With You NERFINISHED
Night Song NERFINISHED
This Is the Life NERFINISHED
lightingDesigner Jo Mielziner NERFINISHED
lyricist Lee Adams NERFINISHED
notableFor explicit treatment of interracial romance
groundbreaking starring role for Sammy Davis Jr. on Broadway
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 568
openedOnBroadway 1964-10-20
orchestrator Sid Ramin NERFINISHED
originalCastMember Billy Daniels NERFINISHED
Johnny Brown NERFINISHED
Kenneth Tobey NERFINISHED
Lola Falana NERFINISHED
Paula Wayne NERFINISHED
Sammy Davis Jr. NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
premiereDate 1964
premiereLocation Broadway NERFINISHED
producer Hillard Elkins NERFINISHED
setDesigner Jo Mielziner NERFINISHED
setting New York City
starred Sammy Davis Jr. NERFINISHED
subjectMatter ambition
identity
race
theatre Majestic Theatre NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: Golden Boy is a 1964 Broadway musical adaptation of Clifford Odets' play, best known for starring Sammy Davis Jr. in a groundbreaking role that addressed race, ambition, and identity.

Referenced by (6)

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Sammy Davis Jr. notableWork Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
Hillard Elkins notableWork Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
this entity surface form: Golden Boy (1964 Broadway production)
Bartlett Sher notableWork Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
this entity surface form: Golden Boy (2012 Broadway revival)
Bartlett Sher directed Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
this entity surface form: Golden Boy (Broadway revival, 2012)
Golden Boy adaptedInto Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
this entity surface form: Golden Boy (musical)
Seth Numrich appearedIn Golden Boy (Broadway musical)
this entity surface form: Golden Boy (Broadway revival)