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South Pacific |
1949 |
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; book by Rodgers, Hammerstein and Joshua Logan |
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Guys and Dolls |
1950 |
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows |
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The King and I |
1951 |
Music by Richard Rodgers; books and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Paint Your Wagon |
1951 |
Music by Frederick Loewe; books and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner |
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Kiss Me Kate |
1948 |
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter |
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Pal Joey |
Original 1940; revival 1952 |
Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart |
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Can-Can |
1953 |
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Abe Burrows |
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Kismet |
1953 |
Music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; adapted from music by Alexander Borodin; book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis |
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Wonderful Town |
1953 |
Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov |
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Fanny |
1954 |
Music and lyrics by Harold Rome; book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan |
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The Pajama Game |
1954 |
Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell |
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Damn Yankees |
1955 |
Music by Richard Adler; lyrics by Jerry Ross; book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop |
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Bells Are Ringing |
1956 |
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics and book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
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Candide |
1956 |
Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein; book by Lillian Hellman and Hugh Weeler |
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Li’l Abner |
1956 |
Music by Gene De Paul; lyrics by Johnny Mercer; book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank |
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My Fair Lady |
1956 |
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner |
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Brigadoon |
Original 1947; revival 1957 |
Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner |
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Carousel |
Original 1945; revival 1957 |
Music by Richard Rodgers; books and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Music Man |
1957 |
Book, lyrics, and music by Meredith Willson |
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West Side Story |
1957 |
Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Arthur Laurents |
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Gypsy |
1959 |
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Arthur Laurents |
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Little Mary Sunshine |
1959 |
Music, lyrics, and book by Rick Besoyan |
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The Sound of Music |
1959 |
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; book by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, and Maria Augusta Trapp |
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Musical Mutterings 
August 7, 2008 at 4:48 am |
Mmmmm. I love The King And I. And West Side Story, of course. I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t seen most of these….
August 10, 2008 at 1:14 pm |
Oh, please don’t tell me you haven’t seen The Sound of Music!!!! I can understand not being familiar with some of these–some of them have been largely forgotten except by musical theater people.
I grew up watching the movie versions of many of these musicals. That’s my next list to post.