- The Body Beautiful
Infobox Musical
name= The Body Beautiful
image_size= 200px
caption= Original Cast Recording
music=Jerry Bock
lyrics=Sheldon Harnick
book=Joseph Stein
Will Glickman
basis=
productions=1958 Broadway
awards="The Body Beautiful" is a musical with a book by
Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics bySheldon Harnick , and music byJerry Bock .The first collaboration by Harnick and Bock, and the only one to have a contemporary setting, its plot focuses on a wealthy
Dartmouth College graduate who aspires to be a prize-winning boxer and the girl he loves who disapproves of his ambitions. His fight manager must cope with uninspired fighters, two ex-wives and a new girlfriend.After a tryout at the Erlanger Theatre in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the Broadway production, directed byGeorge Schaefer andchoreographed byHerbert Ross , opened onJanuary 23 1958 atThe Broadway Theatre , where it ran for 60 performances. The cast included Mindy Carson, Steve Forrest,Jack Warden ,Barbara McNair , William Hickey, andBrock Peters .Despite the show's failure, its score captured the attention of director
George Abbott and producerHal Prince , who hired the songwriting team for their next project, the politically-themed "Fiorello! ", which proved to be a hit. [ [http://www.nypl.org/press/2004/bockharnick.cfm Information from NYPL.org] ]ong list
;Act I
*Where Are They?
*The Body Beautiful
*Pffft!
*Fair Warning
*Leave Well Enough Alone
*Blonde Blues
*Blonde Blues Dance
*Uh-Huh, Oh Yeah!
*All of These and More
*Nobility
*The Body Beautiful (Reprise);Act II
*Summer Is
*The Honeymoon is Over
*Just My Luck
*All of These and More (Reprise)
*Art of Conversation
*Gloria
*A Relatively Simple Affair
*FinaleReferences
External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2668 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865780,00.html Time Magazine review]
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