Fanny
Shows · Fanny
Fanny takes us to the colorful, bustling port of Marseilles “not so long ago” for a musical version of Marcel Pagnol’s French film trilogy, Marius, Fanny, and César. Compressed into one story, the heavily plotted tale — with its intensely emotional score — concerns Marius (William Tabbert), who yearns to go to sea; his father, César (Ezio Pinza), the local café owner; Panisse (Walter Slezak), a well-to-do middle-aged…
- Opened
- 1954
- Performances
- 888
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1926 | Lyceum Theatre Original. September 21, 1926 · predates this show | 63 performances |
| 1954 | Majestic Theatre Revival. November 4, 1954 · Joshua Logan | 888 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 5 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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46 passages naming Fanny, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. A much more successful revival played on Broadway in 1992. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p166
In 1979, The Most Happy Fella was revived on Broadway with Giorgio Tozzi as Tony. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p194
During the tryout, “Oysters, Cockles and Mussels” was titled “Fish Market.” The song “I Have to Tell You” was a revised version of Rome’s “I Shouldn’t Love You” from the 1948 musical That’s the Ticket! , which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout. For the post-Broadway tour, “Every Night” was added for Fanny. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p425
The production marked David Merrick’s first Broadway musical, and he went all out for various publicity stunts; moreover, Fanny was the first musical to have a full-page advertisement in the New York papers. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p426
despite the Belasco production and Brice's clowning, it lasted only 63 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p39
Merrick claimed he was born on November 4, 1954, the day his first big hit, HAROLD RoMe’s musical Fanny, opened. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p372
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