musical "Ben Franklin in Paris"

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"Ben Franklin in Paris" is a Broadway musical that dramatizes Benjamin Franklin's diplomatic mission to France during the American Revolution, featuring music by Mark Sandrich Jr. and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
basedOn diplomatic mission of Benjamin Franklin to France
bookBy Sidney Michaels
countryOfPremiere United States
depicts Court of Louis XVI
featuresCharacter Benjamin Franklin
French court members
genre musical theatre
hasMusicalNumber “God Bless the Human Elbow”
“Half the Battle (Reprise)”
“Half the Battle”
“Hic Haec Hoc”
“I Invented Myself (Reprise)”
“I Invented Myself”
“I Love the Ladies”
“Look for Small Pleasures”
“The World of Tomorrow”
“To Be Alone With You (Reprise)”
“To Be Alone With You”
“Too Charming”
“We’re Not Strangers”
“You’re in Paris”
hasTheme cultural clash
patriotism
personal reinvention
political negotiation
historicalEventContext American Revolution
Treaty negotiations with France
historicalFigureDepicted Benjamin Franklin
language English
lyricsBy Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
mainSubject Benjamin Franklin
musicBy Mark Sandrich Jr.
linked to: Mark Sandrich
originalProductionLocation Broadway
portrays American Revolution diplomacy
Franco-American relations
setting Paris
theatricalRunType limited run
timePeriodDepicted American Revolutionary War era

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Sidney Michaels wrote musical "Ben Franklin in Paris"