Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman (93 page)
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Authors: Caryl Flinn
Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields; songs by Irving Berlin; produced by Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein; directed by Joshua Logan; choreographed by
Helen Tamiris; settings by Jo Mielziner; costumes by Lucinda Ballard; orchestra
under the direction of Jay Blackton.
Opened at the Imperial Theatre on May i6, 1946. 1,147 performances.
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Call Me Madam (1950)
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; songs by Irving Berlin; produced by
Leland Hayward; directed by George Abbott; choreographed by Jerome Robbins;
costumes and settings by Raoul Pene Du Bois; Miss Merman's costumes by Mainbocher; orchestra under the direction of Jay Blackton.
Opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12, 1950. 644 performances.
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Act I
Happy Hunting (1956)
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; music by Harold Karr; lyrics by Matt
Dubey; produced by Jo Mielziner; directed by Abe Burrows; dances by Roger
Adams; musical staging by Alex Romero and Bob Herget; settings by Jo Mielziner;
costumes by Irene Sharaff; orchestra under the direction of Jay Blackton.
Opened at the Majestic Theatre on December 6, 1956. 412 performances.
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Act I
Act II
Gypsy (1959)
Book by Arthur Laurents; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward; directed and choreographed by
Jerome Robbins; settings by Jo Mielziner; costumes by Raoul Pene Du Bois; orchestra under the direction of Milton Rosenstock.
Opened at the Broadway Theatre on May 21, 1959. 702 performances.
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