Shows · Lorelei
Lorelei
Opened 1974
320 performances
Musical, Revolution
A revised version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Lorelei brought Carol Channing back to the role that made her a star. The show added new songs and a framing device with an older Lorelei Lee looking back on her adventures in the 1920s.
"The Season's Biggest and Best Musical Comedy,": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Jule Styne
- Lyrics
- Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Book
- Kenny Solms, Gail Parent
Productions2 on Broadway
Recordings 1 recording
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
Lorelei is a musical with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It is a revision of the Joseph Fields-Anita Loos book for the 1949 production Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and includes many of the Jule Styne-Leo Robin songs written for the original. The 1974 Broadway production of Lorelei, directed by Robert Moore and starring Carol Channing, ran for 320 performances.
(Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre. . . . My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.)
More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 727Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre... My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.
More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 726Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.