First Impressions
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First Impressions is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by George Weiss, Bo Goldman, and Glenn Paxton, and book by Abe Burrows, who also directed the musical. It is based on Helen Jerome's 1935 stage adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
- Opened
- 1959
- Performances
- 92
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1959 | Alvin Theatre Original. March 19, 1959 · Abe Burrows | 92 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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First Impressions (1959), all of which had delightful scores, offered more than twice the average number of musical sequences. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p4
She was also Mrs. Bennett in the 1959 Broadway musical First Impressions , an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice . Hers was a controversial performance: it may not have been Austen, but it was certainly good old-fashioned musical comedy, and she shined on the cast album, particularly in the song “A House i… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p169
He appeared in early tryout performances of First Impressions (1959) and No, No, Nanette (1971), but was succeeded by Christopher Hewett and Jack Gilford, respectively. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p888
The late 1950s at this theatre housed some musicals that were only moderately successful: Oh, Captain! (1958), with Tony Randall, Abbe Lane, Susan Johnson, and Alexandra Danilova; and First Impressions, a musical version of Pride and Prejudice (1959), starring Hermione Gingold, Farley Granger, Polly Bergen, Phyllis New… book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p291
Difficult to cast due to her unique looks and delivery, her next musical was not until 1959, when she played Mrs. Bennett, the mother of “Five Daughters” in First Impressions. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p204
First-time producer John Bowab, who was simultaneously assembling that masterwork The Fig Leaves Are Falling, trotted out and signed up a trio of pop songwriters. Hugo & Luigi, as they were popularly called, were best known in the trade as record pro-ducers (including the 1962 Little Me cast album). George David Weiss… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p592
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