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Flahooley

Opened 1951

40 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Barbara Cook, who was in the 1951 production. Joella Marano at

Legend has it Flahooley was a musical before its time and was unappreciated by the critics and audiences of a conservative era. But it seems clear the musical was a haphazard affair with too much plot and a satiric bent that should have made its points with lighthearted insouciance rather than bitterness.

Music: Sammy Fain
Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg
Book: E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy

Productions1 on Broadway

1951

Broadhurst TheatreBroadway Original, opened May 14, 1951, directed by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy

40 performances

Songs17 songs

You Too Can Be a Puppet, Here’s to Your Illusions, B. G. Bigelow, Inc., Demonstration Dances, Najla’s Song, Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus?, Flahooley, The World Is Your Balloon, He’s Only Wonderful, Arabian for ‘Get Happy’, Jump, Li’l Chillun, Spirit of Capsulanti, Happy Hunting, Enchantment, Scheherezade, Come Back, Little Genie, The Springtime Cometh

Recordings 1 recording

1951

Flahooley (Original Broadway Cast) Capitol Records S-284, released 1951

United States

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