Look to the Lilies
Shows · Look to the Lilies
Her final Broadway musical was the short-lived Look to the Lilies, a Jule Styne musicalization of the hit film Lilies of the Field, in which, despite her shortcomings in some departments, she gave a customarily heartfelt and touching performance, particularly in her exceedingly well-played scenes with Al Freeman Jr.
- Opened
- 1970
- Performances
- 25
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Revolution
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1970 | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. March 29, 1970 · Joshua Logan | 25 performances |
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Recordings 3 albums held
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19 passages naming Look to the Lilies, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Styne teamed up with his old partner Sammy Cahn for Look to the Lilies (3/29/70; 51g book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p539
After Fanny (and such straight drama hits as Mister Roberts), Logan’s golden touch seemed to disappear, and he turned out flop after flop, including Al! American (where his Staging of the “Physical Fitness” number seemed gratuitously fleshy, even for him), Mr. President, Hot September (a musicalization of play Picnic,… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p309
Look to the Liles, incidentally, was intended as a Merman vehicle. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p566
Look to the Lilies (1970) all slid down the tin pan hopper, and deservedly so. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1003
Two by Two, Rex, I Remember Mama, Carmelina, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Look to the Lilies, One Night Stand, and The Red Shoes. The trouble with these shows was decidedly mo¢ in the ears of the beholders. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p39
Look to the Lilies, incidentally, was intended as a Merman vehicle. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p565
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