Finian's Rainbow
Original Broadway Playbill
Music	Burton Lane
Lyrics	E.Y. Harburg
Book	E.Y. Harburg Fred Saidy
Productions	1947 Broadway 1955 Broadway revival 1960 Broadway revival 1967 Broadway revival 1968 film

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A combination of whimsy, romance, and political satire, the plot revolves around Finian McLonergan, who has emigrated from Ireland to the town of Rainbow Valley in the mythical state of Missitucky with his daughter Sharon, intent on burying a stolen pot of gold in the shadows of Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief it will grow and multiply. Hot on their heels is Og, a leprechaun intent on recovering his treasure. Complicating matters are a corrupt senator who makes no effort to conceal his racial bigotry and the wishes made by those unknowingly in the vicinity of the hidden crock, including Sharon, who gives the senator a taste of his own hateful medicine by accidentally turning him black. The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... This article is about United States Army post. ... In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (Modern Irish: leipreachán) is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. ... A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own. ...

The original Broadway production, directed by Bretaigne Windust and choreographed by Michael Kidd, opened on January 10, 1947 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 725 performances. The cast included Ella Logan as Sharon, Albert Sharpe as Finian, and, as Og, David Wayne, who won both the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (the first one ever given) and the Theatre World Award for his performance. The show also received Tonys for Best Conductor and Musical Director and Best Choreography. The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... 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. ... Michael Kidd (born Milton Greenwald 12 August 1919) is an Jewish-American film and stage choreographer. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Richard Rodgers Theatre was built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. ... Ella Logan was a Glasgow, Scotland-born actress and singer, who achieved moderate fame on Broadway in the United States. ... David Wayne (January 30, 1914 - February 9, 1995) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning nearly half a century. ... 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. ...

The Irish-tinged score also includes gospel and R&B influences. An original cast recording released as a six-disc 78 rpm set by Columbia Records was the label's first recording of a Broadway musical. The label used the album to introduce its new LP format in June 1948. In 1988, the album was released on CD, and in 2000, a second CD version appeared that was remastered from the original acetates and restored some material originally recorded but cut from the show, including three bonus tracks in which Harburg discusses the writing of and sings "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," as well as singing "Don't Pass Me By," a song cut from the show. [1] Gospel music is a musical genre characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) referencing lyrics of a religious nature, particularly Christian. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A cast recording or original cast recording is a recording of a musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... An LP Long playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33. ...

Finian's Rainbow has been revived three times on Broadway by the New York City Center Light Opera Company. The 1955 production, directed by William Hammerstein and choreographed by Onna White, starred Helen Gallagher, Merv Griffin, and Will Mahoney, who was nominated for a Tony as Best Featured Actor in a Musical. In 1960, Herbert Ross directed and choreographed a cast that included Jeannie Carson, Howard Morris, Sorrell Booke, and Robert Guillaume. A third revival was staged by the company in 1967. New York City Center Logo New York City Center is a 2,750-seat performing arts venue located on West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City. ... Onna White (March 24, 1922 – April 8, 2005) was a Canadian choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards. ... Helen Gallagher (born July 19, 1926 in New York City) is an American actress, dancer and singer. ... Mervyn Edward Merv Griffin, Jr. ... 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. ... Jeannie Carson (birthname: Jean Schufflebottom, b. ... Howard Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American comic actor and director. ... Sorrell Booke, portryaing the character that made him famous, Boss Hogg. Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994 in Buffalo, New York) was a Jewish-American actor best known for his role as the heavyset, corrupt politician Jefferson Davis Boss Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. ... Robert Guillaume in 1980. ...

Although major revivals of the musical have been rare in recent decades, as the subject of bigotry against blacks in the American South is dated in contemporary times, in 2004 the Irish Repertory Theatre staged a well-received off-Broadway production starring Melissa Errico and Malcolm Gets [2]. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... This article is 88 kilobytes or more in size. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... On the cover of Blue Like That Melissa Errico (born March 23, 1970) is an American actress and singer. ... Malcolm Gets is an American actor born on December 28, 1964. ...

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Song list

Act I This Time of the Year How Are Things in Glocca Morra? Look to the Rainbow Old Devil Moon How Are Things in Glocca Morra? Something Sort of Grandish If This Isn't Love Something Sort of Grandish (Reprise) Necessity (That) Great Come-and-Get-It-Day

Act II When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich Old Devil Moon (Reprise) Fiddle Faddle The Begat Look to the Rainbow When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love If This Isn't Love (Reprise) That Great Come-and-Get-It-Day (Finale)

Ella Logan on the original cast album

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References

• Jefferson, Miles M. "The Negro on Broadway, 1946-1947" in Phylon (1940-1956), Vol. 8, No. 2 (2nd Qtr., 1947), pp. 146-159.
• Audio clips and notes on the show and 2000 CD release by William Ruhlmann, from All Music Guide

External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Time Magazine review of the 1947 production
• NY Times review of the 2004 Irish Repertory Theatre production