The Most Happy Fella

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Broadway musical musical theatre work stage musical

The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical theatre work ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
author Frank Loesser ⓘ
basedOn They Knew What They Wanted ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Sidney Howard ⓘ
bookWriter Frank Loesser ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1956-05-03 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre ⓘ
composer Frank Loesser ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
operatic musical ⓘ
romantic musical ⓘ
hasRecording original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
studio cast recording ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Frank Loesser ⓘ
notableCharacter Cleo ⓘ
Joe ⓘ
Rosabella ⓘ
Tony ⓘ
notableSong Big D ⓘ
Joey, Joey, Joey ⓘ
My Heart Is So Full of You ⓘ
Somebody Somewhere ⓘ
Standing on the Corner ⓘ
orchestrationStyle operatic ⓘ
through-composed ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength over 600 performances ⓘ
originalChoreographer Dania Krupska ⓘ
originalDirector Joseph Anthony ⓘ
originalProducer Kermit Bloomgarden ⓘ
period 20th-century musical ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
premiereDate 1956-05-03 ⓘ
premiereVenue Imperial Theatre ⓘ
premiereYear 1956 ⓘ
revival 1984 Broadway revival ⓘ
1992 New York City Opera production ⓘ
settingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Napa Valley ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
subjectMatter age difference in romance ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
rural immigrant life in California ⓘ

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