They’re Playing Our Song (Broadway musical)

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"They’re Playing Our Song" is a 1979 Broadway musical comedy with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, loosely based on their real-life relationship.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
basedOn relationship between Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
bookBy Neil Simon
broadwayClosingDate 1981-09-06
broadwayOpeningDate 1979-02-11
broadwayRunLength 1082 performances
broadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre
broadwayType commercial Broadway production
castAlbumLabel Casablanca Records
character Sonia Walsk
Vernon Gersch
choreographer Patricia Birch
composer Marvin Hamlisch
countryOfOrigin United States
director Robert Moore
featuresEnsemble Greek chorus of voices representing the couple's inner thoughts
genre musical comedy
hasCastAlbum They're Playing Our Song (original Broadway cast recording)
hasTour U.S. national tour
hasWestEndProduction London West End production
language English
lyricist Carole Bayer Sager
mainTheme creative collaboration and romance
musicStyle contemporary pop-influenced show tunes
notableSong I Still Believe in Love
If He Really Knew Me
Right
They're Playing Our Song
numberOfActs 2
orchestrator Larry Blank
originalBroadwayCastMember Lucie Arnaz
Robert Klein
originalLanguage English
premiereCity New York City
premiereDate 1979-02-11
premiereLocation Imperial Theatre
producer Ray Stark
setting New York City
subjectMatter romantic relationship between a composer and a lyricist
subjectOf theatre reviews in The New York Times
westEndOpeningYear 1980
yearOfWork 1979

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Lucie Arnaz notableWork They’re Playing Our Song (Broadway musical)
They're Playing Our Song hasCastAlbum They're Playing Our Song (original Broadway cast recording)
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