Shows · Hallelujah, Baby!
Hallelujah, Baby!
Opened 1967
293 performances
Musical, Revolution
Tony Award for Best Musical, 1968
Georgina, a young Black woman, and her two suitors — Clem, a Black activist, and Harvey, a white liberal — journey through the entire 20th century without aging, experiencing the changing landscape of race relations in America. From the early 1900s through the civil rights era, Georgina pursues her dream of show business stardom while navigating the shifting dynamics of racial progress, personal ambition, and the two men who love her.
- Music
- Jule Styne
- Lyrics
- Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Book
- Arthur Laurents
Productions1 on Broadway
Recordings 1 recording
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, and a book by Arthur Laurents. The show is "a chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the [first half of the] 20th century." The musical premiered on Broadway in 1967 and made a young Leslie Uggams a star. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical. In 2004, Laurents restaged the show twice with the same cast, in Washington D.C at the Arena Stage and at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey, in order to update and streamline the story for modern sensibilities, and potentially move to New York for a full revival. The score was updated by Adolph Green's daughter, Amanda Gree…
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