Pal Joey

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Broadway musical fictional character musical film stage musical

Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pal Joey (1957 film)	1
Joey Evans	0
Pal Joey (musical)	2
Pal Joey (1940 Broadway production)	1
Pal Joey (1940 musical)	1
Pal Joey (1957 film adaptation)	1
Pal Joey (novel)	1
Pal Joey (original 1940 Broadway production)	1
Pal Joey (stage musical)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ fictional character ⓘ musical film ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
adaptedAs	Pal Joey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pal Joey (1957 film)
basedOn	Pal Joey self-linksurface differs ⓘ Pal Joey short stories by John O'Hara ⓘ
bookWriter	John O'Hara ⓘ
broadwayTheatre	Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
choreographer	Robert Alton ⓘ
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
director	George Abbott ⓘ George Sidney ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Joey Evans ⓘ
genre	book musical ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ
hasTheme	corruption and compromise ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ
hasTone	cynical ⓘ sophisticated ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralAlignment	morally ambiguous ⓘ
notableFor	cynical portrayal of show business ⓘ morally ambiguous protagonist ⓘ sophisticated Rodgers and Hart score ⓘ
notableSong	Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered ⓘ I Could Write a Book ⓘ What Is a Man? ⓘ You Mustn't Kick It Around ⓘ Zip ⓘ
occupation	nightclub emcee ⓘ
openedOnBroadway	1940-12-25 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength	374 performances ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
period	1940s Broadway ⓘ
premiereDate	1940-12-25 ⓘ
premierePlace	Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
producer	George Abbott ⓘ
revival	1952 Broadway revival ⓘ 1976 Broadway revival ⓘ 2008 Broadway revival ⓘ
settingLocation	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago
starring	Frank Sinatra ⓘ Kim Novak ⓘ Rita Hayworth ⓘ
subjectMatter	nightclub life ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social climbing ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Pal Joey → adaptedAs → Pal Joey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (1957 film)

Pal Joey → basedOn → Pal Joey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Pal Joey (1957 film)

I Could Write a Book → basedOnWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (novel)

Theme from "Pal Joey" (musical) → basedOnWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (musical)

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → firstAppearanceIn → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (1940 musical)

I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → firstAppearanceIn → Pal Joey ⓘ

subject surface form: I Could Write a Book

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (stage musical)

Theme from "Pal Joey" (musical) → firstPerformanceIn → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (original 1940 Broadway production)

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → fromMusical → Pal Joey ⓘ

I Could Write a Book → fromWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

June Havoc → notableWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

Rita Hayworth → notableWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → partOf → Pal Joey ⓘ

Theme from "Pal Joey" (musical) → partOf → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (musical)

I Could Write a Book → partOfMusical → Pal Joey ⓘ

I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → partOfWork → Pal Joey ⓘ

subject surface form: I Could Write a Book

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this entity surface form: Pal Joey (1940 Broadway production)

I Could Write a Book → usedIn → Pal Joey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pal Joey (1957 film adaptation)