Shows · Flora, the Red Menace
Flora, the Red Menace
Opened 1965
87 performances
Musical, Revolution
During the Great Depression, naive young art school graduate Flora Mezaros struggles to find work as a fashion designer. She falls for Harry Toukarian, an earnest young man who persuades her to join the Communist Party, believing it offers hope for the working class. Flora's attempts to be both a loyal Party member and pursue her artistic dreams lead to comic misadventures as she discovers that political idealism and personal happiness don't always align.
"'The New Musical Comedy': music - by John Kander lyrics by Fred Ebb ~ book by George Abbott and Robert Rusoel - based on": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- John Kander
- Lyrics
- Fred Ebb
- Book
- George Abbott, Robert Russell
Productions2 on Broadway
Recordings 2 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
Flora the Red Menace is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Robert Russell, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The original 1965 production starred Liza Minnelli in the title role in her Broadway debut, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The show marked the first collaboration of Kander and Ebb, who went on to write the Broadway and Hollywood hits Cabaret and Chicago. While only two numbers ("A Quiet Thing" and "Sing Happy") became notable outside the show, the score does present a valuable insight into the later work of Kander and Ebb: like Cabaret and Chicago, it features a headstrong heroine and has a strong dose of political content.
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Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 645Kander’s work in A Family Affair and hired Kander (and his new partner, Fred Ebb) to write their first Broadway score for his production of Flora, the Red Menace three years later.
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