- Skyscraper (musical)
Infobox Musical
name= Skyscraper
subtitle=
caption= Original Recording
music=Jimmy Van Heusen
lyrics=Sammy Cahn
book=Peter Stone
basis=
productions=1965 Broadway
awards="Skyscraper" is a musical with a book by
Peter Stone , lyrics bySammy Cahn , and music byJimmy Van Heusen .Based on the 1945
Elmer Rice play "Dream Girl", it focuses on anantiques dealer who is determined to save her midtownManhattan brownstone from the bulldozer. The girders of a newskyscraper are stalking her, and she's been offered $165,000 for herRutherford B. Hayes -era building. When she can manage to stay on track, Georgina is bright in her thinking and staunch in her beliefs. But far too often she strays into aWalter Mitty -like dream world full of funnyfantasies with her effete shop assistant.Aligning itself with an
architect bent on destroying history in order to construct another glass-and-steelmonolith at a time when everyone inNew York City seemed to be aware of the importance of landmark preservation, the musical was oddly out of tune with the public's social conscience.After 22 previews, the Broadway production, directed by
Cy Feuer andchoreographed byMichael Kidd , opened onNovember 13 ,1965 at theLunt-Fontanne Theatre where, hampered by lukewarm reviews and facing stiff competition from "Hello, Dolly!", "Mame ", "Man of La Mancha ", and "Sweet Charity ", it ran for only 248 performances. The cast includedJulie Harris , Peter Marshall, andCharles Nelson Reilly .An original cast album was released by
Capitol Records .ongs
;Act I
* Occasional Flight of Fancy
* Run For Your Life
* Local 403
* Opposites
* Run For Your Life (Reprise)
* Just the Crust
* Everybody Has a Right to Be Wrong
* Wrong!
* The Auction
* Occasional Flight of Fancy (Reprise);Act II
* The Gaiety
* More Than One Way
* Haute Couture
* Don't Worry
* I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
* Spare That BuildingNominations
*
Tony Award for Best Musical
*Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Harris)
*Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
*Tony Award for Best Choreography
*Tony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalExternal links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3264/ Internet Broadway Database listing]
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