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Park Avenue (1946)

Archived Show

Music: Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: George S Kaufman & Nunnally Johnson

The unique teaming of Pulitzer prize winner Kaufman (Guys And Dolls, A Night At The Opera & The Man Who Came To Dinner), Johnson (Roxie Hart), Gershwin (Porgy And Bess) and Schwartz (That's Entertainment & Dancing In The Dark) led to a madcap spoof on divorce amongst the wealthy, like Sondheim and Furth's Company, Park Avenue satirically examines relationships, the score features the song, Don't Be A Woman If You Can. This is the European debut of this 'lost' material.

Director:  Ian Marshall Fisher
Producer:  The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust (reg no 1069268)

LOST MUSICALS™ website: www.lostmusicals.org

Lilian Baylis Studio

Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R

30 Mar 2008 27 Apr 2008

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