They’re Playing Our Song (Broadway musical)
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"They’re Playing Our Song" is a 1979 Broadway musical comedy with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, loosely based on their real-life relationship.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| They're Playing Our Song | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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musical comedy ⓘ |
| basedOn | relationship between Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager ⓘ |
| bookBy | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 1981-09-06 ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 1979-02-11 ⓘ |
| broadwayRunLength | 1082 performances ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Imperial Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayType | commercial Broadway production ⓘ |
| castAlbumLabel | Casablanca Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Sonia Walsk
NERFINISHED
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Vernon Gersch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Patricia Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Marvin Hamlisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEnsemble | Greek chorus of voices representing the couple's inner thoughts ⓘ |
| genre | musical comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastAlbum | They're Playing Our Song (original Broadway cast recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTour | U.S. national tour ⓘ |
| hasWestEndProduction | London West End production ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Carole Bayer Sager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme | creative collaboration and romance ⓘ |
| musicStyle | contemporary pop-influenced show tunes ⓘ |
| notableSong |
I Still Believe in Love
NERFINISHED
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If He Really Knew Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Right ⓘ They're Playing Our Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Larry Blank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayCastMember |
Lucie Arnaz
NERFINISHED
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Robert Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1979-02-11 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Imperial Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Ray Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic relationship between a composer and a lyricist ⓘ |
| subjectOf | theatre reviews in The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westEndOpeningYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1979 ⓘ |
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