Shows · Kismet
Kismet
Opened 1953
583 performances
Musical, Golden Age
Tony Award for Best Musical, 1954
In Old Baghdad, the beggar Hajj (Otis Skinner) is caught stealing and is brought before the Wazir Mansur (Hamilton Revelle) who says he will not chop off Hajj’s hands if he will kill the young Caliph Abdullah (Fred Eric) who wishes to usurp him. Hajj tries to stab the Caliph, not knowing he is in love with Hajj’s daughter Marsinah (Rita Jolivet), but is caught and thrown into prison.
"A Musical Arabian Night": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Robert Wright & George Forrest Based on Alexander Borodin
- Lyrics
- Robert Wright & George Forrest Based on Alexander Borodin
- Book
- Charles Lederer & Luther Davis
Productions2 on Broadway
Songs15 songs
Sands of Time, Rhymes Have I, Not Since Nineveh, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Stranger in Paradise, Night of My Nights, And This Is My Beloved, The Olive Tree, Fate, Bazaar of the Caravans, He’s in Love!, Gesticulate, Rahadlakum, Presentation of Princesses, Arabian Nights
Recordings 14 recordings
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Kismet matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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