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Shows · Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises

Opened 1968

1,281 performances

Musical, Revolution

Promises, Promises
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Two of the most successful pop song writers of the mid-Sixties, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, made a worthy — and so far only — contribution to the Broadway theatre with their score for Promises, Promises. Adapted from the 1960 movie, The Apartment, the musical followed such other recent offerings as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, and What Makes Sammy Run? by revealing yet another method of getting ahead in the business world.

"Promises, Promises (1,281).": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Burt Bacharach
Lyrics
Hal David
Book
Neil Simon

Productions3 productions: 2 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1968
Shubert TheatreBroadway Original, opened December 1, 1968, directed by Robert Moore
1,281 performances
1969
ProductionLondon
2010
Broadway TheatreBroadway Revival, opened April 25, 2010, directed by Rob Ashford
289 performances

Songs8 songs

You’ll Think of Someone, She Likes Basketball, Knowing When to Leave, Wanting things, Whoever Your Are, A Young Pretty Girl Like You, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Promises, Promises

Recordings 6 recordings

Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises Varèse Sarabande 302 066 647 2
United States
1968
Promises, Promises United Artists UAS 29011, released 1968
United States
1969
Promises, Promises Fontana SFL-13192, released 1969
United Kingdom
2010
Promises, Promises Kritzerland KR 20015-9, released June 30, 2010
United States
2010
Promises, Promises Kritzerland KR 20016-3, released August 17, 2010
United States

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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