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The Body Beautiful

Opened 1958

60 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Jerry Bock /Sheldon Harnick /Cast– "The Body Beautiful" MONO- LTD LP - Blue Pear Image 1 of 4 — eBay seller listing photograph

An Ivy League graduate reluctantly enters the world of professional boxing to pay off debts, managed by a small-time promoter who sees dollar signs in his educated fighter. As the boxer rises through the ranks, he falls for a beautiful woman while struggling to reconcile his intellectual aspirations with the brutal realities of the ring.

Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman

Productions2 on Broadway

1935

Plymouth TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 31, 1935

4 performances

1958

BroadwayBroadway Revival, opened January 23, 1958, directed by George Schaefer

60 performances

Licensing 2 entries

US	Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals	available
UK	Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals	available

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