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First Impressions

Opened 1959

92 performances

Musical, Golden Age

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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.

"A Love Story with Music,": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Robert Goldman, Glenn Paxton, and George Weiss
Book
Abe Burrows

Productions1 on Broadway

1959
Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, opened March 19, 1959, directed by Abe Burrows
92 performances

Songs20 songs

Five Daughters, I’m Me, Have You Heard the News?, Polka/Mazurka, The Assembly Dance, A Perfect Evening, As Long as There’s a Mother, Love Will Find Out the Way, Gentlemen Don’t Fall Wildly in Love, This Really Isn’t Me, Fragrant Flower, No, I Feel Sorry for the Girl, I Suddenly Find You (It) Agreeable, Wasn’t It a Simply Lovely Wedding?, Wedding Talk, A House in Town, The Heart Has Won the Game, Dance, Let’s Fetch the Carriage

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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