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'''''Dance a Little Closer''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with a book and lyrics by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and music by [[Charles Strouse]]. The story is an updated version of [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s 1936 antiwar comedy ''[[Idiot's Delight (play)|Idiot's Delight]]''. |
'''''Dance a Little Closer''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with a book and lyrics by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and music by [[Charles Strouse]]. The story is an updated version of [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s 1936 antiwar comedy ''[[Idiot's Delight (play)|Idiot's Delight]]''. |
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==Plot overview== |
==Plot overview== |
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The musical is 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]]. The characters 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 [[Extramarital sex|paramour]], [[Henry Kissinger]]-like [[diplomat]] Dr. Josef Winkler, a [[gay]] couple, a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], and a [[freedom fighter]]. |
The musical is 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]]. The characters 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 [[Extramarital sex|paramour]], [[Henry Kissinger]]-like [[diplomat]] Dr. Josef Winkler, a [[gay]] couple, a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], and a [[freedom fighter]]. |
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Revision as of 10:52, 12 January 2019
| Dance a Little Closer | |
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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. The story is an updated version of Robert E. Sherwood's 1936 antiwar comedy Idiot's Delight.
Plot overview
The musical is 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. The characters 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.
Production
The musical opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on May 11, 1983, where it closed after one performance and twenty-five previews. Directed by Lerner and choreographed by Billy Wilson, the cast included Len Cariou, Noel Craig, Liz Robertson, George Rose, Don Chastain, Brent Barrett, and Alyson Reed. Showbusiness insiders dubbed it "Dance a Little Faster...Close a Little Sooner."[citation needed]
In his New York Times review 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.[1]
An original cast recording is available on CD.
Song list
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References
- ^ Rich, Frank. "Stage: Lerner Musical 'Dance A Little Closer'" New York Times, May 12, 1983
External links
- Dance a Little Closer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Production, plot and songs at guidetomusicaltheatre.com