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The Goodbye Girl

Opened 1993

188 performances

Musical, Megamusical

Bernadette Peters, who was in the 1993 production. Boss Tweed from New York City

When dancer Paula McFadden's boyfriend abandons her and sublets their apartment to struggling actor Elliot Garfield, they become reluctant roommates. Despite constant bickering, they gradually fall in love while Paula guards her bruised heart and Elliot endures a humiliating off-off-Broadway production of Richard III.

Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics: David Zippel
Book: Neil Simon

Productions1 on Broadway

1993

Marquis TheatreBroadway Original, opened March 4, 1993, directed by Michael Kidd

188 performances

Recordings 1 recording

1993

The Goodbye Girl Columbia CK 53761, released April 27, 1993

United States

Licensing 2 entries

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

The Goodbye Girl is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by David Zippel, and music by Marvin Hamlisch, based on Simon's original screenplay for the 1977 film of the same name.

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