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Shows · Lorelei · Palace Theatre, 1974

Lorelei, 1974

Opened January 27, 1974

Closed November 3, 1974

320 performances

Palace Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Lorelei
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Of the productions that opened in the 1970s, this had the 74th longest run.

Who was in it39 named

Ian Tucker
Aniko Farrell
Joela Flood
Marie Halton
Marian Haraldson
Gregg Harlan
Sherrill Harper
Brenda Holmes
Linda Lee Macarthur
Wayne Mattson
Linda Mcclure
Jonathan Miele
Susan Ohman
Gina Ramsel
Jeff Richards
Robert Riker
Rick Schneider
Steve Short
Don Swanson
Roxanna White
David Gold
Joe Bratcher
Paul Eichel
Bonnie Hinson
Randy Hugill
Karen Jablons
Kerry Mcgrath
Chester Walker

Creative team

Director
Robert Moore
Choreographer
Ernest Flatt

Recordings

1 recording of Lorelei exist, but none was released while this run was on. See Lorelei for all of them.

Around this production

The Season's Biggest and Best Musical Comedy,

Lorelei is a musical with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It is a revision of the Joseph Fields-Anita Loos book for the 1949 production Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and includes many of the Jule Styne-Leo Robin songs written for the original. The 1974 Broadway production of Lorelei, directed by Robert Moore and starring Carol Channing, ran for 320 performances.

LORELEI, OR “GENTLEMEN STILL PREFER BLONDES” January 27, 1974 Palace Theatre * 320 performances Also see GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES [December 8, 1949]. New lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; New book material by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent (based on GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES); Directed by Robert Moore; Choreographed by Ernest Flatt; Produced by Lee Guber and Shelly Gross; With Carol Channing, D… Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 267

(Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre. . . . My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.)

More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 727

Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre... My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.

More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 726

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