Shows · Pal Joey
Pal Joey
Opened 1940
374 performances
Musical, Early
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.
"A Gaily Sophisticated Musical Comedy": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Richard Rodgers
- Lyrics
- Lorenz Hart
- Book
- John O’Hara (George Abbott uncredited) Producer-director: George Abbott
Productions4 on Broadway
Songs30 songs
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, I Could Write a Book, Zip, You Mustn’t Kick It Around, That Terrific Rainbow, Happy Hunting Horn, Bewitched, The Flower Garden of My Heart, Den of Iniquity, Take Him, Chicago, What Is a Man?, Pal Joey, What Do I Care for a Dame?, Joey Looks into the Future, Plant You Now, Dig You Later, In Our Little Den of Iniquity, A Dance Rehearsal, Do It the Hard Way, odious, heel,, punk,, rat infested with termites,, Can you draw sweet water from a foul well?, expertly done, wit and skill, scabrous, haunting, inventive, remarkable accuracy . . . a brilliant tap dancer . . . if Joey must be acted, Mr. Kelly can do it.
Recordings 8 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
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