Shows · Breakfast At Tiffany’s · Majestic Theatre, 1966
Breakfast At Tiffany’s, 1966
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Who was in it4 named
Creative team
- Director
- Abe Burrows
Around this production
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a musical with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book originally by Abe Burrows but rewritten during pre-Broadway tryouts by Edward Albee. It is based on the 1958 Truman Capote novella and 1961 film of the same name about a free spirit named Holly Golightly. After tryouts in Philadelphia and Boston, and only four previews on Broadway in 1966, the show was closed by producer David Merrick at a total financial loss. Its only revival was a staged concert in 2013 at a 200-seat venue in London. A studio recording was released in 2001. The musical is one of the most notorious fiascos in Broadway history. William Goldman called it a "legendary production" meaning "a ce…
Preview theatregoers either noisily paraded to the nearest exit or loudly protested and attacked the players and script from the audience. Broadway Bound A Guide To Shows That Died Aborning, p. 225
Truman Capote told Women’s Wear Daily, "I don’t like the score--or the leading lady. They followed the book more closely than the movie--maybe they would have been better off patterning after the film...."
Broadway Bound A Guide To Shows That Died Aborning, p. 224Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.