Sweet Adeline (Musical)
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| Title: | Sweet Adeline |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Jerome Kern |
| Premiere: | September 3, 1929 |
| Place of premiere: | Hammerstein's Theater - New York City |
| Place and time of the action: | Hoboken, 1898;
San Juan Hill, Cuba; various Broadway theaters |
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Sweet Adeline is a musical with music by Jerome Kern , the libretto and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett . It premiered on Broadway in 1929 . The story, set in the 1890s, is about a girl from Hoboken, New Jersey who falls unhappily in love with a Broadway star.
Performance history
The musical premiered on September 3, 1929 in Hammerstein's Theater and was canceled on September 3, 1929 after 234 performances. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein, the musical was directed by Reginald Hammerstein (the brother of Oscar Hammerstein II) and choreographed by Danny Dare.
The Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam , Connecticut, produced the musical in May 1977 with Cynthia Wells in the lead role.
In 1985 there was a concert performance of the musical at New York Town Hall , as part of a Jerome Kern centenary, with Judy Kaye and Paula Laurence in the lead roles.
Sweet Adeline was 1997als part of the City Center's lecture series Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert directed by Eric D. Schaeffer and choreographed by John DeLuca.
Film adaptation
A film based on the musical was produced by Warner Brothers in 1935 and directed by Mervyn LeRoy . It stars Irene Dunne as Adeline, Louis Calhern , Noah Berry and Hugh Herbert.
reception
According to Ben Brentley's review of the musical in the New York Times in 1997, the musical, which premiered shortly before the stock market crash, was said to have received rave reviews. The later revivals, in 1977 at the Goodspeed Opera House and 1985 in New York's Town Hall, would no longer have caused this ecstasy. The elaborate, old-fashioned play was a step backwards compared to the innovations in Kern and Hammerstein's Musical Show Boat (1927).
literature
- Brooks Atkinson : THE PLAY; The Gay Nineties. In: The New York Times . September 4, 1929 ( nytimes.com ).
- Robert Berkvist: At Goodspeed Opera, Revival Is as Sweet as Adeline . In: The New York Times . April 29, 1977 ( nytimes.com - Rview).
Web links
- Sweet Adeline in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Encores! - Previous Casts & Creative Teams. New York City Center, accessed April 29, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sweet Adeline at www.ibdb.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c In the Wake of 'Showboat,' a Showcase for Voice by Ben Brentley at www.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
- ^ At Goodspeed Opera, Revival Is as Sweet as Adeline by Robert Berkvist at www.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
- ↑ MUSIC: KERN'S 'ADELINE' IS REVIVED by John S. Wilson at www.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
- ^ Sweet Adeline at www.imdb.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
- ^ Andre Sennwald: Movie Review - The Paramount Presents Irene Dunne in "Sweet Adeline" - "Helldorado," at the Astor. movies.nytimes.com, January 7, 1935, accessed April 29, 2017 .