Broadway musical "Pal Joey" (staging and choreography)

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The Broadway musical "Pal Joey" is a landmark Rodgers and Hart show, renowned for its sophisticated, cynical storytelling and stylish staging and choreography that helped redefine the modern musical.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
1952RevivalChoreographer Robert Alton
1976RevivalChoreographer Bob Fosse
1976RevivalDirector Robert Moore
2008RevivalChoreographer Graciela Daniele
2008RevivalDirector Joe Mantello
basedOn Pal Joey short stories by John O’Hara
choreographicStyle jazz-influenced Broadway dance
nightclub specialty numbers
composer Richard Rodgers
featuresSong Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
I Could Write a Book
What Is a Man
linked to: What Is a Man?

You Mustn’t Kick It Around
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genre book musical
musical theatre
hasSubject cynicism
moral ambiguity
nightclub entertainment industry
romantic relationships
influenced later concept musicals with darker themes
subsequent Broadway choreography for nightclub and jazz settings
innovationIn integration of adult, morally ambiguous story with musical staging
use of dance to define character and social milieu
lyricist Lorenz Hart
narrativeTone cynical
sophisticated
notableFor redefining the modern musical form
sophisticated, cynical storytelling
stylish staging and choreography
originalBroadwayBookWriter John O’Hara
linked to: John O'Hara
originalBroadwayCastMember Gene Kelly
June Havoc
Vivienne Segal
originalBroadwayChoreographer Robert Alton
originalBroadwayDirector George Abbott
originalBroadwayLeadPerformer Gene Kelly
originalBroadwayLeadRole Joey Evans
originalBroadwayPerformances 374
originalBroadwayProducer George Abbott
Vinton Freedley
originalBroadwayRunEnd 1941-11-29
originalBroadwayRunStart 1940-12-25
originalBroadwayTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre
premiereDate 1940-12-25
premiereLocation Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway, New York City
revival 1952 Broadway revival at Broadhurst Theatre
1976 Broadway revival at Circle in the Square Theatre
2008 Broadway revival at Studio 54
settingEnvironment nightclub
settingLocation Chicago
stagingStyle nightclub revue format integrated with book scenes
stylized realism

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Robert Alton notableWork Broadway musical "Pal Joey" (staging and choreography)