Take Me Along
Shows · Take Me Along
The action takes place in the cozy environs of Centerville, Connecticut, during July 1910. Young Richard Miller (Robert Morse), the son of newspaper publisher Nat Miller (Walter Pidgeon), ardently woos Muriel Macomber (Susan Luckey) by quoting literary morsels that her father finds so objectionable he withdraws his advertisements from Nat’s paper.
- Opened
- 1959
- Performances
- 448
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1959 | Shubert Theatre Original. October 22, 1959 · Peter Glenville | 448 performances |
| 1985 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival. April 14, 1985 · Thomas Gruenewald | 1 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In 1959, Merrill wrote the songs for Take Me Along, based on another O’Neill play Ah, Wilderness! book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p168
In 1959, Merrill wrote the songs for Take Me Along, based on another O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness! book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p197
His second score, for Take Me Along , was also based on a play by O’Neill. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p633
An all-black version of the musical was revived Off-Off-Broadway at the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art/Manhattan Community College on March 14, 1984. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p828
The streak of flops ended on October 20, 1977, when Frank Langella opened in the title role of Dracula, and the Martin Beck became a happy haven for thrill-seekers for 925 performances. Mr. Langella was succeeded by Raul Julia and David Dukes. The much publicized Broadway debut of Elizabeth Taylor in The Little Poxes h… book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p193
Take Me Along (feuding with star Jackie Gleason), Irma La Douce, / Can Get It for You Wholesale, Oliver!, 110 in the Shade, Hello, Dolly! book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p89
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