Shows · State Fair · Music Box Theatre, 1996
State Fair, 1996
Of the productions that opened in the 1990s, this had the 133rd longest run.
Who was in it27 named
Jackie Angelescu
Leslie Bell as Jeanne
Linnea Dakin
Suellen Estey
Tim Fauvell
J Lee Flynn as Clay
Darrian C Ford as Charlie
Amy Gage
Newton R Gilchrist as Hank Munson
Tina Johnson as Vivian
Jacquiline Rohrbacker
Michael Lee Scott
Mary C Sheehan
Scott Willis
Creative team
- Director
- Randy Skinner, James Hammerstein
- Choreographer
- Randy Skinner
Recordings 1 released while this run was on
2 more exist for other runs of this show: see State Fair for all of them.
Around this production
State Fair is a musical with a book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and music by Richard Rodgers. Phil Stong's original 1932 novel, State Fair, was first adapted for film in 1933 in a production starring Will Rogers. In 1945, the film was remade as a musical with original songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein. This was subsequently remade in 1962 as well as adapted into a made-for-television movie in 1976. The stage production closely follows the plot of its predecessors, providing a glimpse into the life of a farming family, the Frakes, and their three-day adventure at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines in 1946. While parents Abel and Melissa are hoping to win a…
State Fair was released in August 1945, several months after the April opening of Carousel. Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 663
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