Arms and the Girl | |
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Music | Morton Gould |
Lyrics | Dorothy Fields |
Book | Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Rouben Mamoulian |
Setting | During the American Revolution |
Basis | The Pursuit of Happiness by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall |
Premiere | February 2, 1950: Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City |
Arms and the Girl is a 1950 Broadway musical with a book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Rouben Mamoulian, music by Morton Gould, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. [1] The show is based on the play The Pursuit of Happiness by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. [2] It opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 2, 1950, and closed on May 27 after 134 performances. [1]
During the American Revolution, [3] an American revolutionary named Jo, who lives in Connecticut, falls in loves with a Hessian soldier. [4] Connecticut, a runaway slave who uses the name of whatever colony she's living in, is also involved.
1950 Broadway [5] | |
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Captain Aaron Kirkland | Florenz Ames |
Thad Jennings | Seth Arnold |
Comfort Kirkland | Lulu Belle Clarke |
Colonel Mortimer Sherwood | John Conte |
General Lucius Curtis | Clifford Dunstan |
Jo Kirkland | Nanette Fabray |
Franz | Georges Guétary |
Prudence Kirkland | Eda Heinemann |
General George Washington | Arthur Vinton |
Abigail | Mimi Cabanne |
Ben | Sterling Hall |
Betsy | Joan Keenan |
Connecticut | Pearl Bailey |
David | Philip Rodd |
John | Paul Fitzpatricks |
Matthew | Joseph Caruso |
Town Crier | William J. McCarthy |
Militiaman | Peter Miceli |
Drummer | Jerry Miller |
Sergeant | Norman Weise |
Sons of Liberty | Andy Aprea, Victor Young |
Aides to General Curtis | Dan O'Brien, Robert Rippy |