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Mack & Mabel

Opened 1974

66 performances

Musical, Revolution

Robert Preston, who was in the 1974 production.
Robert Preston, who was in the 1974 production. RCA Records--they produced the album for the Broadway show

Mack and Mabel (Majestic; Oct. 6, '74, 66), a less distinguished work than Juno but a heartbreaker nonetheless, begins with Mack Sennett (played by Robert Preston), the silent-screen director, now in his late fifties and out of place in the sound era, returning to the soundstage of his old studio.

"a musical love story": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Jerry Herman
Lyrics
Jerry Herman
Book
Michael Stewart

Productions1 on Broadway

1974
Majestic TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 6, 1974, directed by Gower Champion
66 performances

while trying out his ext musical-in-trouble, the 1974 Mack & Mabel, “Everybody must be replaced in this business someday,” Stewart said while trying out his ext musical-in-trouble, the 1974 Mack & Mabel, “but if I’m fool enough to get myself in that position again, I promise you I won't go out with any dignity.

Stewart. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 830

(“Everybody must be replaced in this business someday,” Stewart said while trying out his ext musical-in-trouble, the 1974 Mack & Mabel,…”

More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 829

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