Cabin in the Sky (Musical)
| Musical dates | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cabin in the Sky |
| Original title: | Cabin in the Sky |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Vernon Duke |
| Book: | Lynn Root |
| Lyrics: | John La Touche |
| Premiere: | October 25, 1940 |
| Place of premiere: | Martin Beck Theater in New York |
Cabin in the Sky is a musical with music by Vernon Duke and lyrics by John La Touche , the book was written by Lynn Root. The show was produced by Vinton Freedley and Albert Lewis, who also directed; the choreography was directed by George Balanchine . The premiere took place on October 25, 1940 at the Martin Beck Theater in New York .
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The plot of the musical is set in the black south of the USA. The white team of writers, who wrote for a white audience, drew the characters in a simple, naive way, arrested for their time. The "all-black" cast of the 1940s production featured African American stars such as Ethel Waters , Katherine Dunham , Dooley Wilson , Rex Ingram and Todd Duncan .
The fable tells of Little Joe, who spent his time in bars, gambling or with his lover Georgia Brown. Now he is dying, critically injured after being stabbed by a knife, and his wife Petunia prays for his soul by his bed. An envoy from the devil is ready to take Little Joe's soul with him, but Petunia's piety works; God gives her “good-for-nothing” husband six months to prove himself on earth for a place in heaven. The devil is not satisfied with this development and gives Little Joe a lottery win in the hope that he will fall back into his old lottery life. It works out and soon after, not only Joe but also Petunia is shot. Before God, Petunia asks again for her husband, who takes pleasure in her and they both get their little house in heaven.
Well-known music numbers
- Taking a Chance on Love
- Cabin in the Sky
- Honey in the honeycomb
filming
Cabin in the Sky (. Title dt A Cabin in the Sky ) was directed by 1943 Vincente Minnelli at the MGM filmed in black and white. Lena Horne plays one of the main roles alongside Ethel Waters ; some of Duke's songs were replaced by others and a. replaced by Harold Arlen .
literature
- Thomas Siedhoff: The manual of the musical. 1st edition. Schott, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-7957-0154-3 .
Web links
- Cabin in the Sky in the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)
- Review of the musical in TIME Magazine on November 4, 1940 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dartmouth College : Distance in Cabin in the Sky and Lost in the Stars. ( Memento of February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed January 3, 2008.
- ^ Mark N. Grant: The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical . Northeastern, 2005, ISBN 1-55553-642-5 , pp. 380 .