Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises

Infobox Musical
name= Promises, Promises


caption=
music= Burt Bacharach
lyrics= Hal David
book= Neil Simon
basis= Film "The Apartment" by Billy Wilder
productions= 1968 Broadway
1969 West End
awards= Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

"Promises, Promises" is a Broadway musical comedy based on the film "The Apartment" by Billy Wilder. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers were staged and choreographed by Michael Bennett.

The show was originally produced on Broadway in 1968, with a cast including Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara and Edward Winter. It played at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran until 1972, for a total of 1,281 performances. The show had a London production at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1969, featuring Tony Roberts and Betty Buckley.

Songs include the title tune (a hit for Dionne Warwick, released before the show's December 1968 Broadway opening), "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (also a hit for Bobbie Gentry), "Knowing When To Leave", "She Likes Basketball" and "Turkey Lurkey Time," the last a famous dance number featuring Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, and Margo Sappington.

Plot

Chuck Baxter lends his apartment to businessmen having affairs in an effort to advance himself in the business world. One of them, J.D. Sheldrake, happens to be seeing Fran Kubelik, with whom Chuck is in love. This complicates things greatly for him. Ultimately, Fran reciprocates his love after she discovers how he feels when he saves her from a suicide attempt after the conflicted J.D. leaves her to return to his wife.

Musical numbers

;Act One
*"Overture"
*"Half as Big as Life"
*"Grapes of Roth"
*"Upstairs"
*"You'll Think of Someone"
*"Our Little Secret"
*"She Likes Basketball"
*"Where Can You Take a Girl?"
*"Knowing When to Leave"
*"Wanting Things"
*"Turkey Lurkey Time";Act Two
*"A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing"
*"Whoever You Are"
*"Christmas Day"
*"A Young Pretty Girl Like You"
*"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
*"Promises, Promises"

Awards and nominations

Awards won

* Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Music: Burt Bacharach
* Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Performance: Marian Mercer; Jerry Orbach
* Theatre World Award: Marian Mercer; Jill O'Hara
* Tony Award: Best Actor in a Musical: Jerry Orbach
* Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Marian Mercer

Nominations

* Tony Award: Best Actress in a Musical: Jill O'Hara
* Tony Award: Best Choreography: Michael Bennett
* Tony Award: Best Direction of a Musical: Robert Moore
* Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical: A. Larry Haines; Edward Winter
* Tony Award: Best Musical

Watch

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EktVzsYjMJk "Turkey Lurkey Time" at the 1969 Tony Award Show]

External links

*ibdb title|id=3438|title=Promises, Promises


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