Li’l Abner

We hold no picture of this show. This is Edie Adams, who was in the 1956 production. Friedman-Abeles, New York

Shows · Li’l Abner

Following the lead of Finian’s Rainbow, Li’l Abner was a musical fantasy set in a rural Southern community that aimed satirical darts at existing social conditions. Here the main targets are the government’s propensity for bull-dozing areas for atom-bomb tests, right-wing militarists, inefficient politicians, and conformity. Based on the comic strip by Al Capp (who, ironically, would later adopt some of the views the…

Opened: 1956
Performances: 693
Type: Musical
Era: Golden Age

Music: Gene de PaulLyrics: Johnny MercerBook: Norman Panama & Melvin Frank

Productions1 on Broadway

1956

St. James Theatre Original. November 15, 1956 · Michael Kidd

693 performances

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