Original cast recording

Fanny is a musical with a book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Samuel N. Behrman (born June 9, 1893 in Worcester, Massachusetts — died September 9, 1973 in New York) was a playwright and worked for the New York Times. ... Joshua Logan (1908-1988), a director and writer, was best known for Broadway and Hollywood shows such as Mister Roberts, Picnic, and South Pacific. ... Harold Jacob Rome (1908 - 1993) was a U.S. composer, lyricist, songwriter, and writer of musicals. ...

A tale of love, secrets, and passion based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy of plays entitled Marius, Fanny and Cesar, it is set in and around the old port of Marseilles. The plot focuses on a young woman whose childhood love, Marius, leaves her for the sea. After his departure, she discovers she is pregnant and, under pressure from her mother, she marries Panisse, an older man whose delight at having an heir prompts him to keep the boys's illegitimacy a secret. Complications arise when the sailor returns from abroad and neither Fanny nor her son Cesario can hide their attraction to him. Marcel Pagnol (February 28, 1895 - April 18, 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the process by which a mammalian female carries a live offspring from conception until it develops to the point where the offspring is capable of living outside the womb. ... For other uses, see inheritance (disambiguation). ... // Illegitimacy is a term that was once in common use for the status of being born to parents who were not validly married to one another. ...

The Broadway production, directed by Logan and choreographed by Helen Tamiris, opened on November 4, 1954 at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for more than two years before transferring to the Belasco, for a total run of 888 performances. The original cast included Florence Henderson, Ezio Pinza, and Walter Slezak, who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Choreography (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. ... Helen Tamiris Helen Tamiris (1903 -1966) choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher (also known as Helen Becker). ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre on 247 West 44th Street in Manhattan, New York City. ... The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theatre. ... Florence Agnes Henderson (b. ... Ezio Pinza The Italian bass Ezio Pinza (18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957) was one of the outstanding opera singers of the first half of the 20th century. ... Actor Walter Slezak in Born to Kill (1947) Walter Slezak (May 3, 1902 - April 21, 1983) was an Austrian actor and son of famed opera star (Leo Slezak). ... 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. ...

Song list

Act I

• Never Too Late for Love
• Cold Cream Jar Song
• Octopus Song
• Restless Heart
• Why Be Afraid to Dance?
• Never Too Late for Love (Reprise)
• Shika, Shika
• Welcome Home
• I Like You
• I Have to Tell You
• Fanny
• The Lovers
• The Sailing
• Oysters, Cockles and Mussels
• Panisse and Son
• Wedding Dance

Act II

• Birthday Song
• To My Wife
• The Thought Of You
• Love is a Very Light Thing
• Other Hands, Other Hearts
• Fanny (Reprise)
• Be Kind to Your Parents
• Welcome Home (Reprise)

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing