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Set on the Coney Island boardwalk, it focuses on matchmaking fortune teller Garside, who finds love with floozy Addie, and recent parolee Stan, who becomes involved with ferris wheel operator Jeannie. Other characters include Ma Maloney, who heads the Alley Gang and tries to keep them out of the clutches of patrolling Officer Millhauser. For other uses, see Coney Island (disambiguation). ... Photograph of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, USA, taken August 2003. ... Categories: Stub ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the area and judiciary system. ... A Ferris wheel on the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the UK, big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim. ...

I Had a Ball was similar to earlier projects designed to showcase the talents of Bert Lahr and Ed Wynn, short on plot and overloaded with vaudeville-like comedy routines and musical numbers. In this case the star was nightclub and television comic Buddy Hackett, appearing for the first time in a structured theatrical production. Lloyd Richards, whose later career would find him serving as the Artistic Director for the Yale Repertory Theatre and a frequent collaborator with playwright August Wilson, was signed to direct, but following a clash with producer Joseph Kipness was replaced by John Allen, although Richards retained official credit in the program. Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. ... Ed Wynn (November 9, 1886 - June 19, 1966) was a popular United States entertainer, born Isaiah Edwin Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke[[ laughter in general). ... // This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Buddy Hackett (August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. ... Lloyd Richards (June 29, 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada –June 29, 2006 in New York City, New York) was an American actor and director best known for staging the original production of Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun, which debuted on Broadway to standing ovations on March 11... Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... August Wilson August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ...

After a critically and commercially successful run in Detroit, the Broadway production, choreographed by Onna White, opened on December 15, 1964 at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 199 performances. In addition to Hackett as Garside, the cast included Richard Kiley as Stan, Karen Morrow as Jeannie, Luba Lisa as Addie, Rosetta LeNoire as Ma Maloney, and Ted Thurston as Officer Millhauser. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... 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. ... Onna White (March 24, 1922 – April 8, 2005) was a Canadian choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Martin Beck Theatre is a notable Broadway theatre in New York. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... Karen Morrow (born December 15, 1936 in Chicago) has had a long and varied career as a singer-actress specializing in musical theater. ... Rosetta LeNoire (Rosetta Olive Burton) (August 8, 1911 - March 17, 2002) was an American stage, screen, and television actress and Broadway producer and casting agent. ... Ted Thurston (January 9, 1917 - July 23, 1994) was an American actor and singer. ...

The New York City critics were less enamored with the show than their Detroit counterparts had been, and without a strong directorial hand to keep him under control, Hackett soon began ignoring the script and breaking character to inject his own routines into the proceedings. Audiences expecting to see a Broadway musical were not enchanted by the comic's often smutty material, and negative word-of-mouth linked with competition from heavy-hitters like Hello, Dolly! and Funny Girl ultimately led to a dwindling box office and early closure. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ... Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilders 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. ... Original cast album Funny Girl is a semi-biographical musical based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. ...

Luba Lisa was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and received the 1965 Theatre World Award for her performance. An original cast recording was released by Decca Records. 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. ... 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. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ...

Song list

Original cast recording

Act I Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• Coney Island, U.S.A.
• The Other Half of Me
• Red-Blooded American Boy
• I Got Everything I Want
• Freud
• Think Beautiful
• Addie's at It Again
• Faith
• Can It Be Possible?

Act II

• The Neighborhood Song
• The Affluent Society
• Boys, Boys, Boys
• Fickle Finger of Fate
• I Had a Ball
• Almost
• You Deserve Me
• Tunnel of Love Chase

Reference

• Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum, published by St. Martin's Press (1991), pages 89-90 (ISBN 0-312-06428-4)

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External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Interview with Jack Lawrence