Dear World

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Dear World is a Broadway musical by composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, adapted from Jean Giraudoux’s play "The Madwoman of Chaillot" and known for its whimsical, bittersweet score.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
adaptedFromGenre play
adaptedFromLanguage French
basedOn The Madwoman of Chaillot
basedOnWorkAuthor Jean Giraudoux
composer Jerry Herman
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Broadway musical
musical theatre
hasMusicalStyle bittersweet
character-driven score
romantic
whimsical
hasNotableCharacter Countess Aurelia
Nina
Sewerman
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The President
The Prospector
hasNotableSong And I Was Beautiful
Dear World
Each Tomorrow Morning
I Don’t Want to Know
I’ve Never Said I Love You
Kiss Her Now
One Person
hasTheme power of eccentricity
resistance to corruption
triumph of idealism over cynicism
value of community
language English
lyricist Jerry Herman
lyricsBy Jerry Herman
musicBy Jerry Herman
originalMedium stage
setting Chaillot district of Paris
linked to: Chaillot

Paris
subjectMatter corporate greed
environmentalism
fantasy
individualism
satire

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Jerry Herman notableWork Dear World
Jerry Herman wroteMusicFor Dear World
Jerry Herman wroteLyricsFor Dear World
Dear World hasNotableSong Dear World