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Mame
Original Broadway Poster
MusicJerry Herman
LyricsJerry Herman
BookJerome Lawrence
Robert Edwin Lee
Based uponNovel by Patrick Dennis
Auntie Mame
Productions1966 Broadway
1969 West End
1974 Film
1983 Broadway revival
For other uses, see Mame (disambiguation). Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American Composer / Lyricist of the Broadway Musical theater. Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American Composer / Lyricist of the Broadway Musical theater. Jerome Lawrence ( July 14, 1915 - February 29, 2004) was an American Playwright and author Robert Edwin Lee ( October 15, 1918 - July 8, 1994) was an American playwright and lyricist Patrick Dennis ( May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976) was an American Author. Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. This is an article about a 1974 film For the Broadway musical upon which it's based see Mame. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A revival is a restaging of a former hit play at a later date

Mame is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Jerome Lawrence ( July 14, 1915 - February 29, 2004) was an American Playwright and author Robert Edwin Lee ( October 15, 1918 - July 8, 1994) was an American playwright and lyricist Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American Composer / Lyricist of the Broadway Musical theater.

Originally titled My Best Girl, it is based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 Broadway play, by Lawrence and Lee, that had starred Rosalind Russell. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward Patrick Dennis ( May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976) was an American Author. Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and Set in New York and spanning the Great Depression and World War II, it focuses on eccentric bohemian, Mame Dennis, whose famous motto is "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including " Her fabulous life with her wealthy friends is interrupted when the young son of her late brother arrives to live with her. They cope with the Depression in a series of adventures.

The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1974 movie version with Lucille Ball in the title role, as well as a London production, a Broadway revival and a 40th anniversary revival at the Kennedy Center in 2006. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This is an article about a 1974 film For the Broadway musical upon which it's based see Mame. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F

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Background and productions

With Hello, Dolly!, Mame and Dear World, Herman was the first songwriter to have three Broadway shows simultaneously playing in their original Broadway runs. Hello Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder 's 1938 Dear World is a Broadway musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lawrence and Lee revisited the material a fourth time after 1955 novel by Edward Everett Tanner, III (writing under the pseudonym of "Patrick Denis"), 1956 hit Broadway comedy and the successful 1958 film version of the play with Russell playing Mame in both versions. Tanner wrote several more comic novels, including a sequel, Around the World with Auntie Mame, and Little Me, which was made into a Broadway musical starring Sid Caesar. Little Me was the parody "confessional" self-indulgent autobiography of "Belle Poitrine" (French for "Pretty Bosom" Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy Award -winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man The success of that musical may have prompted Lawrence and Lee to turn Mame into a musical. [1] Mary Martin turned down the title role, and after numerous actresses had been considered, the part went to Angela Lansbury. Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress [2]

After five previews, the original Broadway production, directed by Gene Saks and choreographed by Onna White, opened on May 24, 1966 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Gene Saks (born November 8, 1921) is an American Tony Award -winning stage and Film director. See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Onna White ( March 24, 1922 &ndash April 8, 2005) was a Canadian Choreographer and Dancer nominated for eight Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1634 Broadway in midtown- Manhattan. Three years later, it transferred to The Broadway Theatre, where it remained until closing. The Broadway Theatre (formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, BS Between the two venues, it ran a total of 1,508 performances. Besides Lansbury as Mame, the opening night cast included Bea Arthur as Vera Charles, Frankie Michaels as Patrick and Jane Connell. Jane Connell (born October 27, 1925) is an American Character actress. Lansbury, Arthur and Michaels all won Tony Awards, while Saks, White, the writers, Herman, and set designers William and Jean Eckart all garnered nominations. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented William and Jean Eckart were a husband-and-wife pair of leading set designers in the 1950s and 60s Celeste Holm, Ann Miller, Jane Morgan, and Janis Paige succeeded Lansbury in the title role, as Lansbury took the show on a national tour while it was still playing on Broadway. Celeste Holm (born April 29, 1917) is an American stage, Film, and Television actress, perhaps best remembered Ann Miller (April 12 1923 – January 22 2004 was an American dancer singer and actress Jane Morgan (born December 25, 1920, Newton Massachusetts) is an American popular Singer, specializing in Traditional Janis Paige (born Donna Mae Tjaden, September 16, 1922 in Tacoma Washington) is an American Film, Musical theatre

The 1969 West End production of Mame starred Ginger Rogers in the title role. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress It ran for a fourteen month engagement at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with a special performance for Queen Elizabeth. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. Queen Elizabeth may refer to Persons Monarchs Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, reigns since 1952 Elizabeth I

Despite the presence of Lansbury, a much-heralded Broadway revival proved to be a commercial bust. After seven previews, it opened on July 24, 1983 at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for only 41 performances. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The George Gershwin Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 222 West 51st Street in midtown- Manhattan in the Paramount Plaza

A 1974 film version of the musical starring Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur as Vera and Robert Preston as Beauregard, attracted an audience but was considered disappointing by the critics because Lucille Ball was considered not up to the musical demands of the title role. This is an article about a 1974 film For the Broadway musical upon which it's based see Mame. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film

The Kennedy Center production ran from June 1, 2006 until July 2, and starred Christine Baranski as Mame, Harriet Harris as Vera, with Emily Skinner as Gooch. The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an Emmy - SAG - Tony - and Drama Desk award-winning American Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955) is an American Actress Born in Fort Worth Texas, Harris started acting as a youngster and Emily Skinner (born June 29, 1970) is an American Musical theatre Actress and Singer. [3]

Synopsis

The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia located in the modern day Czech Republic An intellectual (from the adjective meaning "involving thought and reason" is a person who tries to use his or her Intelligence and analytical thinking, Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death. " Also figuring in the story line are Mame's personal secretary and nanny-in-law Agnes Gooch and her "bosom buddy" Vera Charles, the baritone actress and world's greatest lush. Mame loses her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and tries her hand at a number of jobs, with comically disastrous results, but perseveres with good humor and an irrepressible sense of style. The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929

Mame eventually meets and marries Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, a Southern aristocrat with a Georgia plantation called Peckerwood. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Fundamentally a plantation is usually a large Farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country on which Cotton, Tobacco The trustees of Mame's late brother (Patrick's father) force Mame to send Patrick off to boarding school (St Boniface, in Massachusetts), and Mame and Beau travel the world on an endless honeymoon that finally ends when Beau falls off an Alp. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Mame returns home a wealthy widow to discover that Patrick has become a priggish snob engaged to an empty-headed debutante, Gloria Upson, from a bigoted family. A debutante ( deb or presentation ball (from the French débutante, "female beginner" is a young lady from an aristocratic or Mame brings Patrick to his senses just in time to introduce him to the woman who eventually will become his wife. As the story ends, Mame is preparing to take Patrick's young son Michael to India (Siberia in the 1974 film version) with her usual flair. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving

Musical numbers

Act I
  • St. Bridget -- Patrick Dennis, age 10 and Agnes Gooch
  • It's Today -- Mame Dennis and All
  • Open a New Window -- Mame Dennis and All
  • The Man in the Moon -- Vera Charles, Mame Dennis and All
  • My Best Girl -- Patrick Dennis, age 10 and Mame Dennis
  • We Need a Little Christmas -- Mame Dennis, Patrick Dennis, age 10, Agnes Gooch, Ito and Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside
  • The Fox Hunt -- Uncle Jeff, Patrick Dennis, age 10, Cousin Fan, Mother Burnside and Cousins
  • Mame -- Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside and All
Act II
  • Mame (Reprise) -- Patrick Dennis, age 10 and Patrick Dennis, age 19-29
  • My Best Girl (Reprise)-- Patrick Dennis, age 19-29
  • Bosom Buddies -- Mame Dennis and Vera Charles
  • Gooch's Song -- Agnes Gooch
  • That's How Young I Feel -- Mame Dennis and All
  • If He Walked into My Life -- Mame Dennis
  • It's Today (Reprise) -- Mame Dennis and All
  • My Best Girl (Reprise) -- Patrick Dennis, age 19-29
  • Open a New Window (Reprise) -- Company and Mame Dennis

In 1966, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong, and Herb Alpert all charted in the United States and Canada with their cover records of the musical's title song. Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert "Bobby" Cassotto, May 14 1936 &ndash December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American Musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Eydie Gormé had a huge success with her recording of "If He Walked into My Life", for which she received a 1967 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance. Eydie Gorme (alternative spelling Eydie Gormé; born Edith Gormezano August 16, 1931) is an American Singer credited heavily Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Awards and nominations

1966 Tony Award nominations

Theatre World Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ All Music Guide's review of Mame
  2. ^ Information from the AngelaLansbury.net site
  3. ^ Playbill News: Christine Baranski Mame Will Not Play Broadway

External links

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