- Make a Wish (musical)
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For other uses, see Make A Wish (disambiguation).
Make a Wish 
LP coverMusic Hugh Martin Lyrics Hugh Martin Book Preston Sturges
Abe Burrows (uncredited)Basis Ferenc Molnár
The Good Fairy (play)
Preston Sturges
The Good Fairy (screenplay)Productions 1951 Broadway Make a Wish is a musical with a book by Preston Sturges and Abe Burrows, who was not credited, and music and lyrics by Hugh Martin.
Based on Sturges' screenplay for the 1935 film The Good Fairy, which in turn is based on the play of the same name by Ferenc Molnár as translated by Jane Hinton, the musical focuses on Janette, who experiences various adventures, including love with young artist Paul Dumont, when she abandons her tour group during a visit to Paris.
The musical opened on Broadway on April 18, 1951 at the Winter Garden Theatre where it ran for a total of 102 performances until it closed on July 14, 1951. The production was produced by Harry Rigby, Jule Styne and Alexander H. Cohen; staged by John C. Wilson; and choreographed by Gower Champion. Raoul Pène Du Bois designed the sets, lights, and costumes for the production. The original cast included Nanette Fabray as Janette, Harold Lang as Ricky, Melville Cooper as Marius Frigo, Stephen Douglass as Paul Dumont, Helen Gallagher as Poupette, Phil Leeds as Dr. Francel, Eda Heinemann as Dr. Didier, and Howard Wendell as the policeman.
Song list
- Act I
- The Tour Must Go On
- I Wanna Be Good'n Bad
- The Time Step
- (You're Just) What I Was Warned About
- Who Gives a Sou?
- Folies Labiche Overture (Hello, Hello, Hello)
- Tonight You Are in Paree
- When Does This Feeling Go Away
- Suits Me Fine
- Students Ball
- Paris, France
- Act II
- That Face!
- Make a Wish
- I'll Never Make a Frenchman Out of You
- Over and Over
- The Sale (Ballet)
- Over and Over (Reprise)
- Who Gives a Sou? (Reprise)
- Take Me Back to Texas With You
- Suits Me Fine (Reprise)
- Finale
External links
- Make a Wish (musical) at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Good Fairy (play) at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Good Fairy (film) at the Internet Movie Database
Preston Sturges Broadway The Guinea Pig (writer & prod,1929) · Strictly Dishonorable (writer,1929) · Recapture (writer,1930) · The Well of Romance (musical:book & lyrics,1930) · Child of Manhattan (writer,1932)
1930s The Big Pond (dialogue,1930) · La grande mare (dialogue,1930) · Fast and Loose (add'l dialogue,1930) · Strictly Dishonorable (prev. play,1931) · They Just Had to Get Married (uncredited,1932) · Child of Manhattan (prev. play,1933) · The Power and the Glory (writer & dialogue dir,1933) · The Invisible Man (uncredited writer,1933) · Twentieth Century (uncredited,1934) · Thirty-Day Princess (writer,1934) · We Live Again (adapter,1934) · Imitation of Life (uncredited writer,1934) · The Good Fairy (writer,1935) · Diamond Jim (writer,1935) · Next Time We Love (uncredited,1936) · Love Before Breakfast (uncredited,1936) · One Rainy Afternoon (lyrics,1936) · Hotel Haywire (writer,1937) · Easy Living (writer,1937) · College Swing (uncredited writer,1938) · Port of Seven Seas (writer,1938) · If I Were King (writer,1938) · Never Say Die (writer,1939)
1940s Remember the Night (writer,1940) · Broadway Melody of 1940 (uncredited,1940) · The Great McGinty (writer & dir,1940) · Christmas in July (writer & dir,1940) · The Lady Eve (writer & dir,1941) · New York Town (uncredited,1941) · Sullivan's Travels (writer, dir & prod,1941) · Safeguarding Military Information (writer,1942) · I Married a Witch (unc. prod,1942) · The Palm Beach Story (writer & dir,1942) · Star Spangled Rhythm (actor,1942) · The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (writer, dir, prod, lyrics,1944) · Hail the Conquering Hero (writer, dir, prod, music, lyrics,1944) · The Great Moment (writer, dir & unc. prod,1944) · I'll Be Yours (writer,1947) · The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (writer, dir & unc. prod,1947) · Unfaithfully Yours (writer, dir & prod,1948) · The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (writer, dir & prod,1949)
1950s Vendetta (unc. writer & unc. dir,1950) · Strictly Dishonorable (prev. play,1951) · The French, They Are a Funny Race (writer & dir,1955) · The Birds and the Bees (prev. screenplay,1956) · Paris Holiday (actor,1958) · Rock-A-Bye Baby (prev. screenplay,1958)
Broadway &
posthumousMake a Wish (musical:book,1951) · Carnival in Flanders (musical:book & dir.,1953) · Unfaithfully Yours (prev. screenplay,1984)
Categories:- 1951 musicals
- Broadway musicals
- Musicals based on plays
- Musicals based on films
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