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The Great Waltz

Opened 1934

298 performances

Musical, Early

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The Great Waltz is a musical conceived by Hassard Short with a book by Moss Hart and lyrics by Desmond Carter, using themes by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. It is based on a pasticcio by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner called Walzer aus Wien, first performed in Vienna in 1930.

Music
Johann Strauss Jr.
Lyrics
Desmond Carter
Book
Moos Hart

Productions2 on Broadway

1934
Center TheatreBroadway Original, opened September 22, 1934, directed by Hassard Short
298 performances
1935
Center TheatreBroadway Return-Engagement, opened August 5, 1935, directed by Albertina Rasch
49 performances

Songs6 songs

You Are My Song, Love Will Find You, Like a Star in the Sky, With All My Heart, While You Love Me, Danube So Blue

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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