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A Broadway Musical

Opened 1978

1 performances

Musical, Revolution

Helen Gallagher, who was in the 1978 production. ABC

The crass white producer Eddie Bell (Warren Berlinger) decides to turn a black drama into a Broadway musical called Sneakers but everything goes wrong, including the star being unable to go on, so the African American author has to go on for the lead on opening night.

"A musical about a Broadway musical,": the show's own period marketing line.

Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Lee Adams
Book: William F. Brown

Productions1 on Broadway

1978

Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway Original, opened December 21, 1978, directed by Gower Champion

1 performances

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