Broadway musical "Pal Joey" (staging and choreography)

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The Broadway musical "Pal Joey" is a landmark Rodgers and Hart show, renowned for its sophisticated, cynical storytelling and stylish staging and choreography that helped redefine the modern musical.

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instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
1952RevivalChoreographer Robert Alton ⓘ
1976RevivalChoreographer Bob Fosse ⓘ
1976RevivalDirector Robert Moore ⓘ
2008RevivalChoreographer Graciela Daniele ⓘ
2008RevivalDirector Joe Mantello ⓘ
basedOn Pal Joey short stories by John O’Hara ⓘ
choreographicStyle jazz-influenced Broadway dance ⓘ
nightclub specialty numbers ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
featuresSong Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered ⓘ
I Could Write a Book ⓘ
What Is a Man ⓘ
linked to: What Is a Man?

You Mustn’t Kick It Around ⓘ
Zip ⓘ
genre book musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasSubject cynicism ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
nightclub entertainment industry ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
influenced later concept musicals with darker themes ⓘ
subsequent Broadway choreography for nightclub and jazz settings ⓘ
innovationIn integration of adult, morally ambiguous story with musical staging ⓘ
use of dance to define character and social milieu ⓘ
lyricist Lorenz Hart ⓘ
narrativeTone cynical ⓘ
sophisticated ⓘ
notableFor redefining the modern musical form ⓘ
sophisticated, cynical storytelling ⓘ
stylish staging and choreography ⓘ
originalBroadwayBookWriter John O’Hara ⓘ
linked to: John O'Hara
originalBroadwayCastMember Gene Kelly ⓘ
June Havoc ⓘ
Vivienne Segal ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Robert Alton ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector George Abbott ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadPerformer Gene Kelly ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadRole Joey Evans ⓘ
originalBroadwayPerformances 374 ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer George Abbott ⓘ
Vinton Freedley ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunEnd 1941-11-29 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunStart 1940-12-25 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
premiereDate 1940-12-25 ⓘ
premiereLocation Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway, New York City ⓘ
revival 1952 Broadway revival at Broadhurst Theatre ⓘ
1976 Broadway revival at Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ
2008 Broadway revival at Studio 54 ⓘ
settingEnvironment nightclub ⓘ
settingLocation Chicago ⓘ
stagingStyle nightclub revue format integrated with book scenes ⓘ
stylized realism ⓘ

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