Song and Dance
Shows · Song and Dance
In 1979 when Andrew Lloyd Webber composed a set of variations on Paganini’s A-Minor Caprice that seemed perfect for a ballet; the “Song” originated a year later with a one-woman television show, Tell Me on a Sunday , consisting entirely of musical pieces. Two years after that both works were presented together in London as a full evening’s entertainment.
- Opened
- 1985
- Performances
- 474
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Megamusical
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1982 | Transfer Theatre unknown. · predates this show | |
| 1985 | Royale Theatre Original. September 18, 1985 · Richard Maltby Jr. | 474 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 4 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals ALW Collection | available |
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27 passages naming Song and Dance, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The virtually ignored score has a number of delightful songs, including Clyde’s testament to Lisette, “Lost in Loveliness” (which was, well, lovely). Other pleasant ballads were his “My Heart Won’t Say Goodbye” and his and Lisette’s romantic “In Paris and in Love.” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p367
Her performance in Song and Dance winning her a well-deserved Tony Award. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p248
Not everything Lloyd Webber does involves tremendous stage effects. The first act of Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York) consists of a one-woman show, while the second features a solo dancer. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p239
His most notable successes include Cats (1981, London; 1982, New York), Song and Dance (1982, London; 1985, New York), Les Misérables (1985, London; 1987, New York), The Phantom of the Opera (1986, London; 1988, New York), Miss Saigon (1989, London; 1991, New York), and Mary Poppins (2005, London; 2006, New York). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p244
Subsequent Wagnerian musicals include Merlin (1983), Song and Dance (1985), Chess (1988) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1111
Subsequent Wagnerian musicals include Merlin (1983), Song and Dance (1985) book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p1110
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