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Mame is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Originally titled My Best Girl, it is based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Lawrence and Lee. A period piece set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and World ...
Synopsis. Orphaned at ten, Patrick Dennis’ life has undergone drastic change when he travels from Des Moines, Iowa, all the way to New York City to live with his Auntie Mame. His nanny, anxious Agnes Gooch, leads him to expect a dear grey-haired old aunt baking a cherry pie. But instead, Agnes and Patrick wander into a wild party, a raging ...
Mar 27, 1974 · Mame: Directed by Gene Saks. With Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison. Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
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- Gene Saks
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- Comedy, Musical
The musical revolves around the antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a flair for life and a razor-sharp wit. Her life is suddenly changed when she becomes the guardian of her late brother's only child, Patrick Dennis. Her adventures take us from the Roaring '20s speakeasies to the Great Depression following the great ...
Mame opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on May 24, 1966, starring Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur and Frankie Michaels. A huge success, the show later transferred to the Broadway theatre, playing a total of 1,508 performances. The original London production at the Drury Lane Theatre played for 443 performances.
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Mame (Original, Musical, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City May 24, 1966 and played through Jan 3, 1970. The official database for Broadway theatre information
Winter Garden Theatre. 1634 Broadway (At W. 50th St.), New York, NY. SYNOPSIS: Roaring Twenties socialite Mame Dennis teaches her orphaned nephew the nature of free living and free thinking ...
