One Touch of Venus

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One Touch of Venus is a 1943 Broadway musical comedy with music by Kurt Weill that satirically brings a statue of the goddess Venus to life in modern-day New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptedAs One Touch of Venus (film) ⓘ
basedOn The Tinted Venus ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor F. Anstey ⓘ
bookBy Ogden Nash ⓘ
S. J. Perelman ⓘ
broadwaySeason 1943–1944 Broadway season ⓘ
choreographer Agnes de Mille ⓘ
closedOnBroadway 1945-02-10 ⓘ
composer Kurt Weill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Elia Kazan ⓘ
dramaticForm two-act musical ⓘ
featuresCharacter Rodney Hatch ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio Universal Pictures ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1948 ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
hasMusicalNumber Foolish Heart ⓘ
How Much I Love You ⓘ
Very, Very, Very ⓘ
Westwind ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ogden Nash ⓘ
notableSong I'm a Stranger Here Myself ⓘ
Speak Low ⓘ
That's Him ⓘ
openedOnBroadway 1943-10-07 ⓘ
orchestrationStyle jazz-influenced ⓘ
orchestrator Kurt Weill ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre ⓘ
originalCastMember Kenny Baker ⓘ
Paula Laurence ⓘ
William Gaxton ⓘ
originalCostumeDesigner Irene Sharaff ⓘ
originalLeadPerformer Mary Martin ⓘ
originalLeadRole Venus ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1943-10-07 ⓘ
premierePlace Imperial Theatre ⓘ
producer John C. Wilson ⓘ
satirizes modern American life ⓘ
romantic conventions ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
settingTime contemporary 1940s ⓘ
subjectMatter goddess Venus brought to life as statue ⓘ
totalBroadwayPerformances 567 ⓘ

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Kurt Weill → notableWork → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Dick Haymes → notableWork → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Mary Martin → notableWork → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Mary Martin → role → Venus in One Touch of Venus ⓘ
linked to: One Touch of Venus
Ogden Nash → wroteLyricsFor → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Speak Low → firstAppearanceIn → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Speak Low → introducedInMusical → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
Thomas Charles Sanders → notableWork → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
One Touch of Venus → adaptation → One Touch of Venus (1948 film) ⓘ
linked to: One Touch of Venus
Robert Walker → appearedIn → One Touch of Venus ⓘ
subject linked to: Robert Hudson Walker