Hallelujah, Baby!
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| Hallelujah, Baby! | |
| Music | Jule Styne |
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| Lyrics | Adolph Green and Betty Comden |
| Book | Arthur Laurents |
| Productions | 1967 Broadway |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Tony for Composer and Lyricist |
Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden with a book by Arthur Laurents.
The musical opened on Broadway on April 26, 1967 at the Martin Beck Theatre, running for 293 performances. It was directed by Burt Shevelove and made a young Leslie Uggams a star. The show is "a musical chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the [first half of the] 20th century."[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
Hallelujah, Baby! follows a talented, beautiful and ambitious African American woman, Georgina, as she makes the difficult climb to stardom and sings and dances her way through four decades in the first half of the 20th century. To succeed, Georgina must navigate resistance by her negative and opportunistic mother, racism that pervades society and show business, and two lovers who want Georgina's attention. Her association with Harvey, who is white, provides opportunities for her that Clem, who is a black train porter, can't match. But as Clem becomes an Army captain and later a confident civil rights activist, he challenges Georgina's assumptions and aspirations.
[edit] Principal characters
- Clem — Georgina's fiancé - (baritone)
- Georgina — Dreams of being a theatrical performer - (soprano)
- Harvey — A young white theatrical producer - (tenor)
- Mary - (mezzo-soprano)
- Momma - (contralto)
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[edit] Awards and nominations
1968 Tony Awards:
- Best Musical [winner]
- Best Composer and Lyricist [winner]
- Best Actor in a Musical, Robert Hooks [nominee]
- Best Actress in a Musical, Leslie Uggams [winner]
- Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Lillian Hayman [winner]
- Best Costume Design, Irene Sharaff [nominee]
- Best Choreography, Kevin Carlisle [nominee]
- Best Direction of a Musical, Burt Shevelove [nominee]
- Best Producer of a Musical, Albert W. Selden [winner] Hal James [winner] Jane C. Nussbaum [winner] Harry Rigby [winner]
1967 Theatre World Award, Leslie Uggams [winner]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Hallelujah, Baby! at the IBDB database
- Hallelujah, Baby! at Stageagent.com
- NY Times review
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| Preceded by Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb |
Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist 1968 by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
Succeeded by No Award Given |
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