Shows · Minnie’s Boys
Minnie’s Boys
Opened 1970
80 performances
Musical, Revolution
The story follows the young Marx Brothers as they are pushed into show business by their ambitious mother, Minnie Marx. From their humble beginnings in a New York tenement, Minnie schemes, cajoles, and bullies her five sons onto the vaudeville stage, transforming them from reluctant performers into one of the greatest comedy acts in American entertainment history.
- Music
- Larry Grossman
- Lyrics
- Hal Hackady
- Book
- Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher
Productions1 on Broadway
Minnie's Boys is a musical with a book by Arthur Marx (Groucho Marx's son) and Robert Fisher, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Marx Brothers and their relationship with their mother Minnie Marx, the driving force behind their ultimate success.
What? No Lewis J. Stadlen for his funny yet poignant and believable young Groucho Marx in Minnie’s Boys ?
B007l4owcu Ebok Peter Filichia, p. 94played the Marx Brothers’ mother in the 1970 flop Minnie’s Boys . “I still don’t know what the hell happened.”
Broadway Babylon Boze Hadleigh, p. 298Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.