Shows · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Opened 1949

740 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. The story involves an American woman's voyage to Paris to perform in a nightclub.

"'The Season’s Biggest and Best Musical Comedy,' a revised version of the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": the show's own period marketing line.

Music: Jule Styne
Lyrics: Leo Robin
Book: Joseph Stein & Anita Loos

Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1926

Times Square TheatreBroadway Original, opened September 28, 1926

199 performances

1949

Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway Revival, opened December 8, 1949, directed by John C. Wilson

740 performances

1962

ProductionLondon

1995

Lyceum TheatreBroadway Revival, opened April 10, 1995, directed by Charles Repole

24 performances

Songs5 songs

Bye, Bye, Baby, A Little Girl from Little Rock, Just a Kiss Apart, It’s Delightful Down in Chile, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Recordings 2 recordings

1991

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949 original Broadway cast) Sony Broadway SK 48013, released November 15, 1991

United States

2012

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Masterworks, released September 4, 2012

Licensing 2 entries

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

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