Lady in the Dark
Shows · Lady in the Dark
Though he originally conceived it as a vehicle for Katharine Cornell, Moss Hart turned Lady in the Dark into a vehicle for Gertrude Lawrence by enlisting the services of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin and changing it from a play to a musical.
- Opened
- 1941
- Performances
- 467
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1941 | Alvin Theatre Original. January 23, 1941 · Hassard Short, Moss Hart | 467 performances |
| 1943 | Broadway Theatre Revival. February 27, 1943 · Albertina Rasch | 83 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 4 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| unstated | Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts | licensed directly by the rights holder |
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4 passages naming Lady in the Dark, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The first three productions Fiorellol, Allegro, and the previously never revived Lady In The Dark—were excitingly presented with striking staging and performances by leading musical comedy stars. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p320
had he not withdrawn after LADY IN THE DARK [Weill: January 23, 1941] and THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE [Weill: March 22, 1945], he might have done for the comedy musical what Oscar Hammerstein did for the serious musical book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p104
By the time he ended his brief but productive American career with Lost in the Stars (1949), the German refugee had managed to produce no less than eight shows in his adopted homeland, including two certifiable hits, Lady in the Dark (467 performances) and One Touch of Venus (567 performances). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-to-sondheim-and-lloyd-web#p167
LADY IN THE DARK—FIRST DREAM SEQUENCE, See OH, FABULOUS ONE, et al. LADY IN THE DARK—SECOND DREAM SEQUENCE, See MAPLETON HIGH CHORALE, et al. LADY IN THE DARK—THIRD DREAM SEQUENCE, See GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE, et al. LADY IN THE DARK—FOURTH DREAM SEQUENCE, See BOSS IS BRINGING HOME A BRIDE, THE, et al. book:the-complete-lyrics-of-ira-gershwin-gershwin-ira-1896-1983#p437
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