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Fanny

Opened 1954

888 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Fanny
Dick Weaver, the show's publicity director

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 sail maker; and Fanny Cabanis (Florence Henderson), the girl beloved by both Marius and Panisse.

Music
Harold Rome
Lyrics
Harold Rome
Book
S. N. Behrman & Joshua Logan

Productions2 on Broadway

1926
Lyceum TheatreBroadway Original, opened September 21, 1926
63 performances
1954
Majestic TheatreBroadway Revival, opened November 4, 1954, directed by Joshua Logan
888 performances

Songs22 songs

Restless Heart, Never Too Late for Love, Why Be Afraid to Dance?, Welcome Home, I Like You, Fanny, To My Wife, Love Is a Very Light Thing, Be Kind to Your Parents, Cold Cream Jar Song, Octopus Song, Shika, Shika, I Have to Tell You, The Sailing, Oysters, Cockles and Mussels, Panisse and Son, Wedding Dance, Birthday Song, The Thought of You, Other Hands, Other Hearts, Cesario’s Party, Cirque Francais

Recordings 5 recordings

1954
Fanny
Fanny RCA Victor LOC 1015, released 1954
United States
1959
Fanny
Fanny RCA Victor LSO-1015, released 1959
United States
1961
Fanny (1961 motion picture cast)
Fanny (1961 motion picture cast) Warner Bros. Records W 1416, released 1961
United States
1996
Fanny (1954 original Broadway cast) RCA 68074, released May 21, 1996
United States
2007
Fanny (1954 original Broadway cast) Flare Flare 258, released September 18, 2007
United Kingdom

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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