Pal Joey
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Pal Joey is a 1940 musical with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The musical is based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in The New Yorker, which he later published in novel form.
- Opened
- 1940
- Performances
- 374
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions4 on Broadway
| 1940 | Ethel Barrymore Theatre Original. December 25, 1940 · George Abbott | 374 performances |
| 1952 | Broadhurst Theatre Revival. January 3, 1952 · Robert Alton | 540 performances |
| 1976 | Circle In The Square Theatre Revival. June 27, 1976 · Theodore Mann | 73 performances |
| 2008 | Studio 54 Revival. December 18, 2008 · Joe Mantello | 85 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 8 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
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50 passages naming Pal Joey, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The first stage production at the Broadway Theatre (on 53rd Street), The New Yorkers was something of a forerunner of Pal Joey in its amoral characters, cynical outlook, and flashy nightclub atmosphere. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p98
Early in the season, the short-running Music in the Air managed less than two months on Broadway, but was followed in early winter by the long-running hit Pal Joey. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p205
Incidentally, a few weeks after the opening of the original production, “Love Is My Friend” was dropped and with a new lyric was replaced by “What Is a Man?” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p223
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award (1951–1952): Best Musical (Pal Joey ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p226
Above: Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly in the "amoral" Pal Joey (1940). book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p301
Pal Joey, the latter with Bob Fosse as Joey and Carol Bruce as his mistress, Vera Simpson. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p319
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