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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Opened 1951

270 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Shirley Booth, who was in the 1951 production. Source archive

One of Schwartz’s richest scores and clearly his finest book musical, based on the popular novel. The librettists sought to balance the story’s tragic elements by building up the humorous subplot; this proved a fatal mistake, as the casting of Shirley Booth made a star role out of a subordinate character.

Music: Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
Book: George Abbott & Betty Smith

Productions1 on Broadway

1951

Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 19, 1951, directed by George Abbott

267 performances

Songs7 songs

Make the Man Love Me, I’m Like a New Broom, Look Who’s Dancing, Love Is the Reason, I’ll Buy You a Star, He Had Refinement, Growing Pains

Recordings 2 recordings

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1991

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Original Broadway Cast) Sony Broadway SK 48014, released 1991

United States

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