- I Married an Angel
Infobox Musical
name= I Married An Angel
subtitle=
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music=Richard Rodgers
lyrics=Lorenz Hart
book=Rodgers and Hart
basis= Hungarian play byJohann Vaszary
productions=1938 Broadway
1942 Film
awards="I Married An Angel" is a musical with music by
Richard Rodgers , lyrics byLorenz Hart and book byRodgers and Hart . It is based on a Hungarian play byJohann Vaszary . Rodgers and Hart wrote a number of songs for an unproduced film musical based on the same play in 1933.1938 Broadway production
The show opened at the
Shubert Theatre onMay 11 ,1938 and ran for 338 performances. It was directed byJoshua Logan . The cast was as follows:*Dennis King "as Willi Palaffi"
*Vera Zorina "as Angel"
*Vivienne Segal "as Peggy Palaffi"
*Walter Slezak "as Harry Szigetti"ongs
*"Angel Without Wings" (1938)
*"Animated Objects" (1933)
*"At the Roxy Music Hall" (1938)
*"Did You Ever Get Stung?" (1938)
*"Face the Facts" (1938)
*"How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1938)
*"I Married an Angel" (1938)
*"I'll Tell the Man in the Street" (1938)
*"I'm Ruined" (1938)
*"Love Is Queen, Love Is King" (1933)
*"Men from Milwaukee" (1938)
*"The Modiste" (1938)
*"Othello" (1938)
*"Snow Ballet" (1938) (music by Richard Rodgers)
*"Tell Me I Know How to Love" (1933)
*"A Twinkle in Your Eye" (1938)
*"Wedding Scene" (1938)
*"Why Have You Eyes?" (1933)
*"Women Are Women" (1938)1942 MGM film
The film version was directed by
W. S. Van Dyke . It starredJeanette MacDonald andNelson Eddy . It featured several additional songs not written byRodgers and Hart .*"But What of Truth?" (written for the 1942 film with music by
Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"Hey Butcher" (written for the 1942 film with music byHerbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"May I Present the Girl" (written for the 1942 film with music byHerbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"There Comes a Time" (written for the 1942 film with music byHerbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"Tira Lira La" (written for the 1942 film with music byRichard Rodgers and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"To Count Palaffi" (written for the 1942 film with music byHerbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12349 I Married an Angel] at the IBDB database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034882/ IMDB]
* [http://www.lorenzhart.org/angel.htm Overview of musical]
* [http://www.jeanettemacdonaldandnelsoneddy.com/films/jmne-angel.htm 1942 film version] at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute
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