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Woman of the Year

Opened 1981

770 performances

Musical, Megamusical

File:Woman of the Year poster.jpg
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Woman of the Year told a battle-of-the-sexes story with Lauren Bacall as Tess Harding, a Barbara Walters-type television personality, and Harry Guardino as Sam Craig, a satirical cartoonish suggesting Gary Trudeau.

Music
John Kander
Lyrics
Fred Ebb
Book
Peter Stone

Productions1 on Broadway

1981
Palace TheatreBroadway Original, opened March 29, 1981, directed by Robert Moore
770 performances

Songs4 songs

Woman of the Year, One of the Boys, The Grass Is Always Greener, We’re Gonna Work It Out

Recordings 1 recording

1990
Woman of the Year (1981 original Broadway cast) Bay Cities BCD 3008, released 1990
United States

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

Petit relies on the same ploy the choreographer of Woman of the Year [1981] did to deal with an aging star—have the men toss her around.

More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 160

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