Street Scene
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Street Scene was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music), Langston Hughes (lyrics), and Elmer Rice (book), based on Rice's play. The original production was directed by Charles Friedman and opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on January 9, 1947. It closed on May 17 of the same year after having played 148 performances.
The plot of this ambitious, groundbreaking show follows the tragic plot of Rice's play closely. The action takes place entirely on the front stoops of a New York tenement, and in the adjacent street, in the early part of the 20th century. The quasi-operatic score is almost entirely through-sung, and the show is now frequently produced by opera companies. Some of the more identifiably Broadway-style "numbers" include "Ain't It Awful," "A Marble and a Star," "Wrapped In a Ribbon and Tied in a Bow," "Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway?", "Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed," and "What Good Would the Moon Be?"
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External link
- Internet Broadway Database page for Street Scene (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=1506)
