Music Is
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Music Is is a musical with a book by George Abbott, music by Richard Adler, and lyrics by Will Holt. It is the second musical adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night, following Your Own Thing in 1968.
- Opened
- 1976
- Performances
- 8
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Revolution
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1976 | St. James Theatre Original. December 20, 1976 · George Abbott | 8 performances |
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"But his scores for the short-lived Kwamina (1961) and Music Is (1976) were richly melodic and it’s unfortunate they never found the acclaim they deserved." book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p394
The unfortunate Music Is, Adler’s last show for Broadway and one of many musicalizations of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (along with Your Own Thing, Love for Love, and Play On!, among others), was smacked down by New York critics, despite a highly enjoyable score and a bright, energetic young cast featuring such rising… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p261
Broadway's most recent musicals, going back almost two years, included such spectacularly depressing offerings as Home Sweet Homer, Pacific Overtures, Rockabye Hamlet, Rex, So Long, 174th Street, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Something's Afoot, and Music Is. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p482
Broadway’s most recent musicals, going back almost two years, included such spectacularly depressing offerings as Home Sweet Homer, Pacific Overtures, Rockabye Hamlet, Rex, So Long, 174th Street, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Something's Afoot, and Music Is. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p481
it’s unfortunate they never found the acclaim they deserved. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p396
His last production as director was Music Is (1976). Tony Awards: ... Lawrence Langer Award, 1976; Special Tony Award on occasion of his 100th birthday, 1987. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p178
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