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|name= Dance a Little Closer |
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|image= DanceCloser.jpg |
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|caption= Original Cast Recording |
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|music= [[Charles Strouse]] |
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|lyrics=[[Alan Jay Lerner]] |
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|book= [[Alan Jay Lerner]] |
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|basis= [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s play ''[[Idiot's Delight]]' |
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|productions= [[1983]] [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
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An updated version of [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s 1936 antiwar comedy, ''[[Idiot's Delight]]'', it's set on [[New Year's Eve]] "in the avoidable future" in the grand [[Alps|Alpine]] Barclay Palace Hotel, where the guests find themselves in the midst of a potential [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[Armageddon]]. At its core are [[United States|American]] [[crooner]] Harry Aikens and Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey, who may have had a romantic fling years earlier. Among the others present are Cynthia's current [[paramour]], [[Henry Kissinger]]-like [[diplomat]] Dr. Josef Winkler, a [[gay]] couple, a [[minister]], and a [[freedom fighter]]. |
An updated version of [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s 1936 antiwar comedy, ''[[Idiot's Delight]]'', it's set on [[New Year's Eve]] "in the avoidable future" in the grand [[Alps|Alpine]] Barclay Palace Hotel, where the guests find themselves in the midst of a potential [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[Armageddon]]. At its core are [[United States|American]] [[crooner]] Harry Aikens and Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey, who may have had a romantic fling years earlier. Among the others present are Cynthia's current [[paramour]], [[Henry Kissinger]]-like [[diplomat]] Dr. Josef Winkler, a [[gay]] couple, a [[minister]], and a [[freedom fighter]]. |
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==Song list== |
==Song list== |
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*It Never Would've Worked |
*It Never Would've Worked |
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*Happy, Happy New Year |
*Happy, Happy New Year |
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*Dance a Little Closer |
*Dance a Little Closer |
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*There's Always One You Can't Forget |
*There's Always One You Can't Forget |
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Act II |
;Act II |
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*Homesick |
*Homesick |
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*Mad |
*Mad |
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*I Got a New Girl (Reprise) |
*I Got a New Girl (Reprise) |
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*Dance a Little Closer (Reprise) |
*Dance a Little Closer (Reprise) |
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==External link== |
==External link== |
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Revision as of 04:03, 29 June 2007
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 Original Cast Recording | |
| Music | Charles Strouse |
| Lyrics | Alan Jay Lerner |
| Book | Alan Jay Lerner |
| Basis | Robert E. Sherwood's play Idiot's Delight' |
| Productions | 1983 Broadway |
Dance a Little Closer is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse.
An updated version of Robert E. Sherwood's 1936 antiwar comedy, Idiot's Delight, it's set on New Year's Eve "in the avoidable future" in the grand Alpine Barclay Palace Hotel, where the guests find themselves in the midst of a potential nuclear Armageddon. At its core are American crooner Harry Aikens and Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey, who may have had a romantic fling years earlier. Among the others present are Cynthia's current paramour, Henry Kissinger-like diplomat Dr. Josef Winkler, a gay couple, a minister, and a freedom fighter.
After twenty-five previews, the Broadway production, directed by Lerner and choreographed by Billy Wilson, opened on May 11, 1983 at the Minskoff Theatre, where it closed after one performance. In his New York Times review [1], Frank Rich described it as "a huge, extravagant mishmash . . . that seems to have taken on a rampaging, self-destructive life of its own," a sentiment similar to those expressed by the other critics.
The cast included Len Cariou, Liz Robertson, George Rose, Don Chastain, and Alyson Reed.
An original cast recording is available on CD.
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