Rainbow
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Rainbow is a musical in two acts with music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book co-authored by Laurence Stallings and Hammerstein. After flopping on Broadway in 1928, it was adapted by Warner Bros.
- Opened
- 1928
- Performances
- 29
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1928 | Gallo Theatre Original. November 21, 1928 · Oscar Hammerstein II | 29 performances |
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32 passages naming Rainbow, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Marilyn Cooper starred in Golden Rainbow (1968), a musical version of the play A Hole in the Head. The last show of the decade was the smash musical Promises, Promises, Neil Simon's adaptation of the film The Apartment, with a jaunty score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, starring Jerry Orbach. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p105
After Mayflowers, it housed such short-lived shows as The Matinee Girl, Mama Loves Papa, Rainbow Rose, and My Country. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p223
The 1954-55 season brought revivals of major Broadway musicals (which often transferred directly from their Broadway runs, with cast and designs intact): Carousel, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, Finian's Rainbow, and Damn Yankees with the original leads: Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Stephen Douglass, and Jean Stapleton. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p318
Among his theater works are poster illustrations for the Ethel Merman musical Stars in Your Eyes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Orpheus Descending, Finian’s Rainbow, and The Skin of Our Teeth. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p196
In 1940 Hart concluded the chorus of “That Terrific Rainbow” (act I, scene 3) with the following quatrain: “Though we’re in those GRAY clouds / Some day you’ll see / That terrific RAINBOW / Over you and me” book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p141
Songs interpolated from other Rodgers and Hart shows: “There’s a Small Hotel” (On Your Toes, 1936), “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” (Babes In Arms, 1937), and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” (Too Many Girls,” 1939). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p566
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