La Strada
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La Strada is a musical with lyrics and music by Lionel Bart, with additional lyrics by Martin Charnin and additional music by Elliot Lawrence. It is based on the 1954 film of the same name by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano.
- Opened
- 1969
- Performances
- 1
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Revolution
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1969 | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. December 14, 1969 · Alan Schneider | 1 performances |
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She made her Broadway musical debut in the bio-musical George M!, starring Joel Grey, and, after costarring in the mega-flop La Strada and an On the Town revival, she portrayed tragic silent-screen star Mabel Normand opposite the wonderful Robert Preston in Mack and Mabel. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p248
Bouncing back from another disaster in La Strada, he replaced Dean Jones in Company shortly after opening, becoming the only actor in history to be deemed eligible for a Tony Award nomination though not a member of the original cast. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p325
Larry Kert—juvenile of Prince’s West Side Story and A Family Affair (1962), more recently languishing in Breakfast at Tiffany’ (1966) and La Strada (1969)—stepped into the role and made it (ambiguously) his. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p218
Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey’s sister in Stewart’s George M! (1967) and the Ruby Keeler-ish ingénue in the Off-Broadway Dames at Sea (1968), had already starred in not one but three musical flops: Lionel Bart’s La Strada (1969); the 1971 revival of On the Town; and as Carlotta Monti, opposite Mickey Rooney’s Bill Field… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p586
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La Strada (1), an adaptation of Federico Fellini’s movie, had started life as a Lionel Bart musical, but almost his entire score was jettisoned before the New York opening. book:west-end-broadway-the-golden-age-of-the-american-musical-adrian-wright-boydell-b#p283
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