Do I Hear A Waltz? is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. It was adapted from Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo. The play was produced by Richard Rodgers and directed by John Dexter, with choreography by Herbert Ross. It opened on March 18, 1965 at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City and ran for 220 performances. The original cast included Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi, Carol Bruce, Madeline Sherwood, Julienne Marie, Stuart Damon, Fleury D'Antonakis and Jack Manning. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, librettist and stage director. ... Choreography literally dance-writing, also known as dance composition), is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York - October 9, 2001 in New York City), also known as Herb Ross, was a prolific film director, producer, choreographer and actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Elizabeth Allan, who usually goes by the name Liz Allan (commonly misspelled, even in the published comics themselves, as Liz Allen), is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man (Peter Parker). ... Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – 1990) was an Italian tenor. ... Stuart Damon, in a still from General Hospital. ...

The original production was not well-received and did not recoup its investment, but several songs, including the title song, received radio play. It was no secret that Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim disliked each other, and did not work well together. Sondheim was a protegé of Oscar Hammerstein and felt compelled to work on the project, even though he did not think the original play should be musicalized. In spite of the poor working environment, Do I Hear A Waltz? was a quality production, typical of middle-late sixties fare on Broadway. A major revival was done in Pasadena, California and subsequently recorded. This time around the critics were much more positive about the show and score. An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... There were two notable Oscar Hammersteins: Oscar Hammerstein I, cigar manufacturer, opera impresario, and theatre builder Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway lyricist, songwriting partner of Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Synopsis

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Original Broadway Production

Do I Hear a Waltz? opened on March 18, 1965 at the 46th Street Theatre and closed September 25 of the same year. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Richard Rodgers Theatre was built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...

Original Cast

• Leona Samish- Elizabeth Allen
• Renato Di Rossi- Sergio Franchi
• Signora Fiora- Carol Bruce
• Eddie Yaeger- Stuart Damon
• Giovanna- Fleury D'Antonakis
• Vito- James Dybas
• Mr. McIlhenny- Jack Manning
• Jennifer Yaeger- Julienne Marie
• Mrs. McIlhenny- Madeleine Sherwood
• Mauro- Christopher Votos
• Mrs. Victoria Haslam- Helon Blount
• Man on the Bridge- Michael Lamont

Elizabeth Allan, who usually goes by the name Liz Allan (commonly misspelled, even in the published comics themselves, as Liz Allen), is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man (Peter Parker). ... Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – 1990) was an Italian tenor. ... Stuart Damon, in a still from General Hospital. ... Madeleine Sherwood (born Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton on November 13, 1922 in Outremont, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as the Reverend Mother Superior on the sitcom The Flying Nun. ...

Song List

• Overture
• Someone Woke Up
• This Week Americans
• What Do We Do? We Fly!
• Someone Like You
• Bargaining
• Here We Are Again
• Thinking
• No Understand
• Take the Moment
• Moon in My Window
• We're Gonna Be All Right
• Do I Hear a Waltz?
• Stay
• Perfectly Lovely Couple
• Thank You So Much
• Finale

Cut Songs

• Perhaps
• Two by Two
• Philadelphia
• Everybody Loves Leona
• Info

References

Internet Broadway Database entry for "Do I Hear a Waltz"