Gentlemen Prefer Blondes original cast album, Sony CD, 2006.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a smash Broadway musical that launched the career of Carol Channing. The musical was based on the best selling comic novel by Anita Loos, also called Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The musical opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8, 1949 and closed September 15, 1951, running a total of 740 performances.
The musical was produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith. Book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Leo Robin. Choreographed by Agnes De Mille. Vocal Direction by Hugh Martin.
The cast included:
- Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee
- Yvonne Adair as Dorothy Shaw
- Rex Evans as Sir Francis Beekman
- Anita Alvarez as Gloria Stark
- Eric Brotherson as Henry Spofford
- Jack McCauley as Gus Esmond
- Irving Mitchell as Mr. Esmond, Sr.
- Alice Pearce as Mrs. Ella Spofford
- Reta Shaw as Lady Phyllis Beekman
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Contents
- 1 Songs
- 2 Film version
- 3 History
- 4 External links
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Songs
Act 1
| It's High Time |
Dorothy Shaw and Ensemble |
| Bye, Bye Baby |
Gus Esmond and Lorelei Lee |
| Bye, Bye Baby (Reprise) |
Gus Esmond and Ensemble |
| A Little Girl From Little Rock |
Lorelei Lee |
| I Love What I'm Doing |
Dorothy Shaw |
| Just a Kiss Apart |
Henry Spofford |
| It's Delightful Down in Chile |
Sir Francis Beekman, Lorelei Lee, Show Girls and Male Ensemble |
| Sunshine |
Henry Spofford and Dorothy Shaw |
| In The Champ de Mars |
Ensemble |
| Sunshine (Reprise) |
Ensemble |
| I'm A'tingle, I'm A'glow |
Josephus Gage |
| House on Rittenhouse Square |
Dorothy Shaw |
| You Say You Care |
Henry Spofford |
| Finaletto |
Lorelei Lee and Ensemble |
Act 2
| Bye, Bye Baby (Reprise) |
Dancing Ensemble |
| Mamie is Mimi |
Gloria Stark, Coles and Atkins |
| Coquette |
The Tenor and Show Girls |
| Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend |
Lorelei Lee |
| You Say You Care (Reprise) |
Dorothy Shaw and Henry Spofford |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
Lorelei Lee and Gus Esmond |
| Homesick Blues |
Lorelei Lee, Dorothy Shaw, Gus Esmond, Henry Spofford, Mrs. Ella Spofford and Josephus Gage |
| Keeping Cool with Coolidge |
Dorothy Shaw, Bill and Ensemble |
| Button Up With Esmond |
Lorelei Lee, Show Girls and Ensemble |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Reprise) |
Lorelei Lee, Gus Esmond and Ensemble |
| Bye, Bye Baby (Reprise) |
Entire Company |
Film version
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was filmed in 1953 starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell and went on to become one of the classic films of the 1950's and an essential production to Monroe's legend.
History
Despite being one of the most legendary Broadway musicals, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes has surprisingly only been revived once on Broadway, in 1995 starring KT Sullivan as Lorelei Lee and Karen Prunzik as Dorothy Shaw. It ran for only 24 performances, 16 of those previews.
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