Original cast recording

A Doll's Life is a Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Larry Grossman. It is among the most notorious flops in Broadway history. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright, who penned most of his songs, plays, and movies with Betty Comden. ... Lawrence Larry Sheldon Grossman (born December 2, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario; died June 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, and a noted baseball fan. ... Most of the items listed below are ones that had high expectations, large amounts of money or widespread publicity, but fell far short of success. ...

Set within the framework of a contemporary rehearsal of Henrik Ibsen's classic play A Doll's House, it addresses the question of what might have transpired after Nora slammed the door and abandoned her tyrannical husband Torvald. Borrowing the fare from a young violinist, Otto, she takes the train to Christiania, where she accepts work in a cafe and soon becomes involved not only with Otto, but Eric Didrickson, the wealthy owner of shipping lines and fish canneries, and Johan Blecker, a lawyer, as well. Throughout the show, scenes in her new life mingle with intermittent flashbacks to the one she left behind. Photo of Henrik Ibsen in his older days Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906) was an influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama (dubbed the father of modern drama). It is said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed... Wikisource has original text related to this article: A Dolls House A Dolls House (original Norwegian title: Et dukkehjem) is a 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... As in film, a flashback in literature is a technique which takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ...

After eighteen previews, the Hal Prince-directed production opened on September 23, 1982 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. Reviews were brutal, and the show closed after five performances. Hal Prince (born January 30, 1928), full name Harold Smith Prince, is a American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mark Hellinger Theatre, at 1655 Broadway and 237 West 51st Street in New York City, was built in 1930 and operated as a theatre (under various names) until 1989. ...

The cast included George Hearn, Betsy Joslyn, and Peter Gallagher. George Hearn is an American actor, primarily in Broadway musical theatre. ... Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. ...

Despite its spectacular failure, the show garnered some attention during awards season, and an original cast recording was released on the Bay Cities label.

Song list

Act I

• Prologue
• A Woman Alone
• Letter to the Children
• New Year's Eve
• Stay With Me, Nora
• Arrival
• Loki and Baldur
• You Interest Me
• Departure
• Letter From Klemnacht
• Learn to Be Lonely
• Rats and Mice and Fish
• Jailer, Jailer
• Excerpts From Loki and Baldur
• Rare Wines

Act II

• No More Mornings
• There She Is
• Power
• Letter to the Children (Reprise)
• At Last
• The Grand Cafe
• Finale

Awards and nominations

• Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Hearn, nominee)
• Theatre World Award (Gallagher, winner)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (nominee)

What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ...

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing